Sophocles Ajax 1199

mvp-comment-155-1 ἄρα ¹

mvp-comment-155-2 ἤλυθε ²

mvp-comment-156-1 ὧν ³ ποίμνην ⁴ τὴν μὲν ⁵ τὰ δὲ ⁶

mvp-comment-156-2 ἔσω ⁷ ἔσω σφάζε ⁸

mvp-comment-156-3 ἐπὶ γαίας ⁹

mvp-comment-156-4 πλευροκοπῶν ¹⁰

mvp-comment-157-1 ἀργίποδας ¹¹

mvp-comment-157-2 If the two rams are the two Atreidae, then Odysseus is ignored here. This would be consistent both with vv. 97— 110 and with 298—306. The flogging of the second ram here would correspond with the words

in 299 f. Then came the colloquy of Ajax with Athena (301); after which, he slowly regained his sanity,—before he had inflicted the lash upon Odysseus. That the ‘two rams’ are here the royal brethren might be suggested by the analogy of the two eagles in Ag. 115. On the other hand, the special ferocity with which Ajax treats the second ram rather indicates that it represents Odysseus. There would be no point in so distinguishing Menelaüs from Agamemnon. On the whole, it seems most probable that the poet meant Agamemnon and Odysseus, but was careless of strict consistency with vv. 97—110.

mvp-comment-158-1 κεφαλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν ἄκραν ¹²

mvp-comment-159-1 ῥιπτεῖ ¹³

mvp-comment-159-2 ὀρθὸν ἄνω … δήσας ¹⁴

mvp-comment-159-3 κίονι ¹⁵

mvp-comment-160-1 ἱπποδέτην ῥυτῆρα ¹⁶

mvp-comment-161-1 λιγυρᾷ ¹⁷

mvp-comment-162-1 κακὰ δεννάζων ῥήμαθ’ ¹⁸

mvp-comment-162-2 δαίμων ¹⁹

mvp-comment-163-1 ἤδη τοι κρᾶτα ²⁰ ἀνδρὸς ²¹ ἀνέρος ²² τοι ²³ κρᾶτα ²⁴ κάρα ²⁵ ἐδήλωσας ²⁶ ἔδειξας ²⁷ ἔφηνας ²⁸ ἐδήλους ²⁹ τοι ³⁰ ἤτοι ³¹

mvp-comment-163-2 κρᾶτα … κρυψάμενον ³²

mvp-comment-163-3 ποδοῖν κλοπὰν ἀρέσθαι ³³ κλοπὰν ³⁴

mvp-comment-164-1 θοὸν ³⁵ εἰρεσίας ³⁶ ζυγὸν ³⁷

mvp-comment-164-2 ναῒ μεθεῖναι ³⁸

mvp-comment-165-1 τοίας ³⁹

mvp-comment-165-2 ἐρέσσουσιν ⁴⁰

mvp-comment-165-3 δικρατεῖς Ἀτρεῖδαι ⁴¹

mvp-comment-166-1 πεφόβημαι ⁴²

mvp-comment-166-2 λιθόλευστον Ἄρη ⁴³

mvp-comment-166-3 The accus. is, in the first place, object to πεφόβημαι ⁴⁴ ξυναλγεῖν ⁴⁵ τυπείς ⁴⁶

mvp-comment-166-4 αἶσ’ ἄπλατος ⁴⁷

mvp-comment-167-1 The words λαμπρᾶς ἄτερ στεροπῆς ⁴⁸ λήγει ⁴⁹ ᾄξας ⁵⁰

mvp-comment-168-1 οἰκεῖα πάθη ⁵¹

mvp-comment-168-2 παραπράξαντος ⁵²

mvp-comment-168-3 ὑποτείνει ⁵³

mvp-comment-169-1 πέπαυται ⁵⁴ εὐτυχεῖν ⁵⁵

mvp-comment-169-2 φρούδου γὰρ ⁵⁶ λόγος ⁵⁷

mvp-comment-170-1 πότερα ⁵⁸

mvp-comment-171-1 The words κοινὸς ἐν κοινοῖσι ⁵⁹

mvp-comment-172-1 τὸ … διπλάζον ⁶⁰

mvp-comment-173-1 Though οὐ νοσοῦντος ⁶¹ οὐ νοσοῦντες ⁶²

mvp-comment-173-2 ἀτώμεσθα ⁶³

mvp-comment-174-1 πῶς … ὅπως ⁶⁴

mvp-comment-175-1 οἷσιν εἴχετ’ ἐν κακοῖς ⁶⁵

mvp-comment-175-2 φρονοῦντας ⁶⁶ βλέποντας ⁶⁷ κακοῖς ⁶⁸

mvp-comment-176-1 κἀνέπνευσε ⁶⁹ ἔληξε ⁷⁰

mvp-comment-177-1 Instead of κεῖνος ⁷¹

mvp-comment-177-2 πᾶς ⁷²

mvp-comment-177-3 ἐλήλαται ⁷³

mvp-comment-178-1 ἆῤ ⁷⁴

mvp-comment-178-2 δὶς τός’ ⁷⁵ ἐξ ἁπλῶν ⁷⁶

mvp-comment-179-1 δέδοικα μὴ … ἥκῃ ⁷⁷ ἥκει ⁷⁸ ἥκῃ ⁷⁹ ἥκοι ⁸⁰

mvp-comment-179-2 πῶς γάρ ⁸¹

mvp-comment-179-3 εἰ πεπαυμένος ⁸²

mvp-comment-179-4 μηδέν τι ⁸³

mvp-comment-180-1 ὡς ὧδ’ ἐχόντων ⁸⁴

mvp-comment-181-1 τίς γάρ ⁸⁵

mvp-comment-181-2 προσέπτατο ⁸⁶

mvp-comment-181-3 From the Homeric

( Il. 13. 592 , etc.) Tragedy borrows this non-thematic aor. (of which the active form would be ): cp. 693 . The aor. of in Attic Comedy and prose is usu. (see Veitch, Irreg. Verbs, 2nd ed., p. 530): and of this we have the inf. in O. T. 17 ,—again in accord with Homeric precedent ( Il. 4. 126 ).

mvp-comment-181-4 τύχας ⁸⁷ δήλωσον ⁸⁸ τύχαις ⁸⁹ ξυναλγοῦσιν ⁹⁰

mvp-comment-182-1 κεῖνος γὰρ ⁹¹

mvp-comment-182-2 ἄκρας νυκτός ⁹²

mvp-comment-183-1 λαμπτῆρες ⁹³

mvp-comment-183-2 For this mode of indicating the time, cp. Her. 7. 215

: Propert. 3. 8. 1

ad extremas..lucernas

: Aul. Gellius 3. 2

post primam facem.

mvp-comment-184-1 ἔγχος ⁹⁴

mvp-comment-184-2 ἐξόδους ἕρπειν ⁹⁵

mvp-comment-184-3 κενάς ⁹⁶

mvp-comment-185-1 The general word, ἄκλητος ⁹⁷ οὔτε ⁹⁸

mvp-comment-185-2 ἀφορμᾷς ⁹⁹ πεῖραν ¹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-185-3 σάλπιγγος ¹⁰¹

mvp-comment-185-4 πᾶς εὕδει στρατός ¹⁰²

mvp-comment-186-1 ὑμνούμενα ¹⁰³

mvp-comment-186-2 γυναιξὶ ¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-186-3 κόσμον ¹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-187-1 μαθοῦς’ ¹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-187-2 ἐσσύθη ¹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-188-1 τὰς ἐκεῖ … πάθας ¹⁰⁸ τύχας ¹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-189-1 κύνας βοτῆρας ¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-189-2 εὔερον ¹¹¹ εύκερων ¹¹²

mvp-comment-190-1 ηὐχένιζε ¹¹³

mvp-comment-190-2 ἄνω τρέπων ¹¹⁴

mvp-comment-190-3 ἔσφαζε ¹¹⁵

mvp-comment-190-4 κἀρράχιζε ¹¹⁶

mvp-comment-190-5 δεσμίους ¹¹⁷

mvp-comment-190-6 ὥστε ¹¹⁸

mvp-comment-190-7 φῶτας ¹¹⁹

mvp-comment-191-1 ὑπᾴξας ¹²⁰ ἀπᾴξας ¹²¹ ἐπᾴξας ¹²²

mvp-comment-191-2 σκιᾷ τινὶ ¹²³

mvp-comment-191-3 λόγους ἀνέσπα ¹²⁴

mvp-comment-191-4 Ἀτρειδῶν κάτα ¹²⁵

mvp-comment-192-1 ἀμφ’ Ὀδυσσεῖ ¹²⁶

mvp-comment-192-2 συντιθεὶς γέλων πολύν ¹²⁷

mvp-comment-192-3 γέλων ¹²⁸ τ ¹²⁹

mvp-comment-193-1 ὕβριν ¹³⁰

mvp-comment-193-2 ἐκτείσαιτο ¹³¹ ἐκτείσοιτο ¹³² αὐτῶν ¹³³

mvp-comment-193-3 ἰών ¹³⁴

mvp-comment-194-1 ἐπᾴξας ¹³⁵ ἀπᾴξας ¹³⁶

mvp-comment-194-2 αὖθις … πάλιν ¹³⁷

mvp-comment-195-1 μόλις πως ¹³⁸

mvp-comment-196-1 ἄτης ¹³⁹

mvp-comment-197-1 )θώϋξεν ¹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-197-2 ἐρειπίοις ¹⁴¹ νεκρῶν ¹⁴² ἀρνείου φόνου ¹⁴³

mvp-comment-197-3 ἐρειφθεὶς ¹⁴⁴ ἐρεισθεὶς ¹⁴⁵ ἐρειφθεὶς ¹⁴⁶ ἐρειπίοις ¹⁴⁷

mvp-comment-198-1 ἀπρὶξ … συλλαβὼν ¹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-198-2 ὄνυξι … χερί ¹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-199-1 καὶ τὸν μὲν ἧστο πλεῖστον ¹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-200-1 τὰ δείν’ … ἔπη ¹⁵¹

mvp-comment-201-1 φανοίην ¹⁵² ιη ¹⁵³

mvp-comment-202-1 ἐν τῷ πράγματος ¹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-203-1 The words κἀγώ, φίλοι, δείσασα ¹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-204-1 πρὸς γὰρ κακοῦ τε ¹⁵⁶

mvp-comment-204-2 βαρυψύχου ¹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-204-3 ἐξηγεῖτ’ ¹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-205-1 ἀψόφητος … κωκυμάτων ¹⁵⁹ ὑπεστέναζε ¹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-205-2 ὀξέων ¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-205-3 ταῦρος ὣς βρυχώμενος ¹⁶² βριμώμενος ¹⁶³

mvp-comment-206-1 νῦν δ’ ¹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-207-1 ἄσιτος ¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-207-2 σιδηροκμῆσιν ¹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-208-1 ὥς τι δρασείων ¹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-208-2 δρασείων ¹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-209-1 τοιαῦτα ¹⁶⁹ πως ¹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-209-2 καὶ λέγει κὠδύρεται ¹⁷¹ ἥσυχος ¹⁷²

mvp-comment-209-3 The verse is rejected by Nauck and others as though it were inconsistent with v. 325, and had been patched up from v. 383. There is no ground for this view. On the other hand, after

in 325, the fear expressed in 326 would be unintelligible, if no reason were subjoined. Bergk, who joins in condemning the verse, allows that Sophocles is usually careful of logical coherence in drama (‘pflegt .. sorgfältig zu motiviren’); but suggests that here the neglect of it might be ‘a mark of the archaic style’ ( Jahr. f. Class. Phil. 97. 378).

mvp-comment-210-1 ἐστάλην ¹⁷³

mvp-comment-210-2 εἰσελθόντες ¹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-211-1 λόγοις ¹⁷⁵ φίλοι ¹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-212-1 Τελεύταντος ¹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-212-2 ἡμῖν ¹⁷⁸ λέγεις ¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-212-3 διαπεφοιβάσθαι ¹⁸⁰ κακοῖς ¹⁸¹

mvp-comment-213-1 ἰώ μοί μοι ¹⁸²

mvp-comment-214-1 μᾶλλον ¹⁸³

mvp-comment-214-2 ἢ οὐκ ¹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-214-3 Αἴαντος, οἵαν ¹⁸⁵ θωΰσσει ¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-215-1 τοῖς πάλαι νοσήμασι ξυνοῦσι ¹⁸⁷ ξυνοῦσι ¹⁸⁸

mvp-comment-215-2 παρών ¹⁸⁹

mvp-comment-216-1 ἰὼ παῖ παῖ ¹⁹⁰ Τεῦκρον καλῶ ¹⁹¹

mvp-comment-216-2 Prof. Campbell understands

as meaning Teucer, whom an elder brother might so address. Tecmessa, at least, did not so take the words.

mvp-comment-217-1 ὤμοι τάλαιν’ ¹⁹²

mvp-comment-217-2 Εὐρύσακες ¹⁹³

mvp-comment-217-3 ἀμφὶ σοὶ ¹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-217-4 ποῦ ποτ’ εἶ ¹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-218-1 Τεῦκρον ¹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-218-2 τὸν εἰσαεὶ … χρόνον ¹⁹⁷ λεηλατήσει ¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-219-1 ἀνοίγετε ¹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-219-2 αἰδῶ … λάβοι ²⁰⁰

mvp-comment-219-3 κἀπ’ ἐμοὶ ²⁰¹ βλέψας ²⁰²

mvp-comment-220-1 διοίγω ²⁰³

mvp-comment-220-2 πράγη ²⁰⁴

mvp-comment-220-3 The

is now pushed on through the central door. It was a small stage, but large enough to allow of Ajax being shown surrounded by some of the slaughtered animals. The word in 347, and the language of vv. 351 ff., show that the carnage was represented. The other plays in which Soph <*>es has used the eccyclema are the Antigone (1294, where see n.), and the Electra (1464 f., n.).

mvp-comment-220-4 Ajax, sitting among his victims, and meditating his own destruction, was the subject of a famous picture by Timomachus of Byzantium. Philostratus ( Vit. Apoll. 2. 22 § 5) thus describes it:

[cp. v. 325 ], . The picture was at Cyzicus in 70 B.C. ( Cic. In Verr. 2. 4. 60 ), but was afterwards bought by Julius Caesar for the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome ( N. H. 7. 38 § 126). See Introduction § 20.

mvp-comment-221-1 This kommos serves, like the last (201—262), as a lyric expression of tragic pathos; after which the situation is further developed, as in the former case, by iambic dialogue. But in one respect this kommos differs from its predecessor. In order to bring the mind of Ajax into fuller relief, the lyrics are given to him alone, while the Chorus and Tecmessa speak only trimeters.

mvp-comment-221-2 The structure is as follows:—1st strophe 348—355=1st antistr. 356—363: 2nd str. 364—378=2nd ant. 379—393: 3rd str. 394—411=3rd ant. 412—429. For the metres see Metrical Analysis.

mvp-comment-221-3 ἰὼ φίλοι ναυβάται ²⁰⁵

mvp-comment-221-4 ἐμμένοντες ²⁰⁶

mvp-comment-221-5 ὀρθῷ νόμῳ ²⁰⁷

mvp-comment-222-1 ἴδεσθέ μ’ ²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-222-2 κῦμα ²⁰⁹ ζάλης ²¹⁰ φοινίας ²¹¹

mvp-comment-222-3 ἀμφίδρομον ²¹² κυκλεῖται ²¹³ κυκλοῦται ²¹⁴

mvp-comment-223-1 οἴμ’ ²¹⁵

mvp-comment-223-2 ἀφροντίστως ἔχει ²¹⁶

mvp-comment-224-1 ναΐας ἀρωγὸν τέχνας ²¹⁷

mvp-comment-225-1 ἅλιον ὃς ἐπέβας ²¹⁸ ἁλίαν ὃς ἐπέβας ²¹⁹ ὃς ἁλίαν ἔβας ²²⁰

mvp-comment-225-2 ὃς ²²¹ γένος ²²²

mvp-comment-225-3 ἐπέβας ²²³

mvp-comment-225-4 ἐλίσσων ²²⁴

mvp-comment-226-1 πημονὰν ἐπαρκέσοντ’ ²²⁵ ἀπαρκέσοντ’ ²²⁶

mvp-comment-226-2 The traditional reading ποιμένων ²²⁷ πημονὰν ²²⁸

mvp-comment-227-1 ἀλλά ²²⁹ με ²³⁰

mvp-comment-227-2 συνδάϊξον ²³¹

mvp-comment-228-1 εὔφημα φώνει ²³² κακὸν κακῷ διδοὺς ἄκος ²³³ τὸ πῆμα τῆς ἄτης ²³⁴

mvp-comment-229-1 θρασύν ²³⁵ εὐκάρδιον ²³⁶ ἄτρεστον ²³⁷

mvp-comment-230-1 ἀφόβοις ²³⁸

mvp-comment-230-2 δεινὸν χέρας ²³⁹

mvp-comment-231-1 οἴμοι γέλωτος ²⁴⁰

mvp-comment-232-1 δέσποτ’ ²⁴¹

mvp-comment-233-1 οὐκ ἐκτός; οὐκ ἄψορρον ²⁴² οὐκ ἐκτὸς ἄψορρον ἐκνεμεῖ πόδα ²⁴³

mvp-comment-233-2 For ἐκτὸς ²⁴⁴

mvp-comment-233-3 ἄψορρον ²⁴⁵

mvp-comment-233-4 ἐκνεμεῖ ²⁴⁶ ἐκνεμεῖς ²⁴⁷

mvp-comment-234-1 ὦ πρὸς θεῶν ²⁴⁸

mvp-comment-235-1 ὢ δύσμορος ²⁴⁹

mvp-comment-235-2 ὃς ²⁵⁰

mvp-comment-235-3 χερὶ μὲν μεθῆκα ²⁵¹ χερὶ ²⁵²

mvp-comment-235-4 τοὺς ἀλάστορας ²⁵³

mvp-comment-235-5 κλυτοῖς ²⁵⁴

mvp-comment-235-6 αἰπολίοις ²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-235-7 ἐρεμνὸν ²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-235-8 αἷμ’ ἔδευσα ²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-236-1 ἐπ’ ἐξειργασμένοις ²⁵⁸

mvp-comment-236-2 οὐ γὰρ γένοιτ’ ἂν ²⁵⁹ ὅπως ²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-236-3 For the sentiment, cp. Tr. 742

(n.).

mvp-comment-237-1 πάνθ’ ὁρῶν ²⁶¹

mvp-comment-237-2 ἁπάντων τ’ ²⁶² τ’ ²⁶³ δ’ ²⁶⁴ δ’ ²⁶⁵

mvp-comment-237-3 κακῶν ὄργανον ²⁶⁶

mvp-comment-238-1 ἄλημα ²⁶⁷

mvp-comment-239-1 ἦ που ²⁶⁸

mvp-comment-239-2 ἄγεις ²⁶⁹

mvp-comment-240-1 ξὺν τῷ θεῷ ²⁷⁰

mvp-comment-240-2 ἵδοιμι ²⁷¹

mvp-comment-241-1 μηδὲν· μέγ’ εἴπῃς ²⁷²

mvp-comment-242-1 προπάτωρ ²⁷³ πάτερ ²⁷⁴ χεροῖν ²⁷⁵

mvp-comment-242-2 πῶς ἂν … θάνοιμι ²⁷⁶

mvp-comment-243-1 δισσάρχας ²⁷⁷

mvp-comment-243-2 ὀλέσσας ²⁷⁸

mvp-comment-243-3 βασιλῆς ²⁷⁹

mvp-comment-243-4 θάνοιμι καὐτός ²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-244-1 σκότος ²⁸¹ ἔρεβος ²⁸²

mvp-comment-244-2 ὡς ἐμοί ²⁸³

mvp-comment-245-1 ἕλεσθ’ ἕλεσθέ μ’ ²⁸⁴

mvp-comment-246-1 γένος ²⁸⁵ ὄνασιν ²⁸⁶ εἰς ²⁸⁷

mvp-comment-246-2 ἄξιος ²⁸⁸

mvp-comment-246-3 βλέπειν ²⁸⁹

mvp-comment-247-1 ἁ Διὸς … θεὸς ²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-247-2 ὀλέθριον ²⁹¹ οὔλιον ²⁹²

mvp-comment-248-1 φύγῃ … μενῶ ²⁹³

mvp-comment-249-1 εἰ τὰ μὲν φθίνει ²⁹⁴

mvp-comment-249-2 (1) The antistrophic verses, 423—427 (

), appear sound. The changes which have been proposed in them have all been designed to suit some emendation in 405 ff., and would have no probability if verses 423 ff. were considered simply on their own merits.

mvp-comment-249-3 (2) There is only one real discrepancy of metre between the traditional text here and that of the antistrophe; viz., that τοῖσδ’ ²⁹⁵ τινα ²⁹⁶ ὁμοῦ πέλας ²⁹⁷

mvp-comment-249-4 (3) If, then, we assume that the antistrophe is sound, we may conclude that the fault in the strophe lies within the words

. A very slight change will restore the metre, viz. τοιοῖσδ’ ²⁹⁸ τοῖσδ’ ²⁹⁹ τοιοῖσδ’ ὁμοῦ βοτοῖς ³⁰⁰

mvp-comment-249-5 (4) Whatever may have been the original form of the words

, it is at least highly probable that their general sense was, ‘If my old renown is perishing.’ This is suggested by the other passages where we find the same sequence of ideas,— i.e., the thought of his past glory closely followed by that of his present disgrace; see (1) 421—427: (2) 437—456: (3) 612—621.

mvp-comment-249-6 (5) Those who believe that the antistrophic verses 423—427 are corrupt have a freer hand for emendation here; and, as will be seen in the Appendix, some of the proposed restorations have been very bold. But such remedies pass into the region of pure guess-work.

mvp-comment-250-1 προσκείμεθα ³⁰¹

mvp-comment-250-2 μώραις ³⁰² μωραῖς ³⁰³

mvp-comment-251-1 δίπαλτος ³⁰⁴

mvp-comment-252-1 φωνεῖν ³⁰⁵

mvp-comment-252-2 ἔτλη ³⁰⁶

mvp-comment-253-1 πόροι ἁλίρροθοι ³⁰⁷ πάραλα ἄντρα ³⁰⁸

mvp-comment-254-1 νέμος ³⁰⁹

mvp-comment-254-2 As I have noted in writing on the Troad elsewhere, ‘nearly all the plains and hills are more or less well-wooded. Besides the valonia oak, the elm, willow, cypress and tamarisk shrub abound. Lotus, galingale, and reeds are still plentiful, as in Homeric days, about the streams in the Trojan plain.’ ( Encyc. Brit., art. ‘Troad,’ vol. XXIII. p. 578.)

mvp-comment-255-1 πολὺν πολύν με ³¹⁰

mvp-comment-255-2 δὴ ³¹¹ δαρόν ³¹²

mvp-comment-256-1 ἀμπνοὰς ἔχοντα ³¹³

mvp-comment-257-1 Σκαμάνδριοι … ῥοαί ³¹⁴

mvp-comment-258-1 εὔφρονες Ἀργείοις ³¹⁵

mvp-comment-259-1 οὐκέτ’ ἄνδρα μὴ τόνδ’ ἴδητ’ ³¹⁶

mvp-comment-260-1 ἐξερῶ ³¹⁷ ἐξερέω ³¹⁸

mvp-comment-260-2 Join οὔτινα ³¹⁹ στρατοῦ ³²⁰

mvp-comment-260-3 χθονὸς μολόντ’ ἀπὸ | Ἑλλανίδος ³²¹

mvp-comment-260-4 This vaunt of Ajax (modified only by the half-apologetic

) is epic in tone; thus Achilles says of himself ( Il. 18. 105),

τοῖος ἐὼν οἷος οὔτις Αχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων

: Odysseus, ( Od. 9. 19,)

ὃς πᾶσι δόλοισιν

ἀνθρώποισι μέλω, καί μευ κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει

. Such a tone is better suited, indeed, to epos (in which speech is sometimes little more than audible thought) than to drama. But here, at least, as in the case of Heracles ( Tr. 1101 f.), it has the excuse of being prompted by the anguish of a sudden overthrow. (Cp. n. on O. T. 8 , where Oedipus speaks of himself as .)

mvp-comment-261-1 πρόκειμαι ³²² πρόκειται ³²³ ἄνδρα … τόνδε ³²⁴

mvp-comment-262-1 οὔτοι … οὐδ’ ³²⁵ οὐ … οὔτε ³²⁶

mvp-comment-262-2 ὅπως ἐῶ ³²⁷

mvp-comment-263-1 ἂν … ᾤεθ’ ³²⁸

mvp-comment-263-2 ἐπώνυμον ³²⁹ ξυνοίσειν ³³⁰

mvp-comment-263-3 Pindar adopts the derivation of

from : I. 5. 53 . This was the popular etymology (schol. Apoll. Rh. 1. 1289 ; schol. Theocr. 13. 37 : Apollod. 3. 12 § 7 ). But the association of with appears in the legend that a hyacinth (on whose petals the letters AI were supposed to be legible, Moschus 3. 6) sprang from the blood of Ajax, as it had sprung from that of Hyacinthus: Ov. Met. 13. 397:

Littera communis mediis pueroque viroque | Inscripta est foliis; haec nominis (Ajax), illa querelae

(the wail of Hyacinthus).

mvp-comment-263-4 So Odysseus was associated with

( Od. 1. 62 ; imitated by Soph. , fr. 880): Pentheus, with ( Eur. Bacch. 507 ): Polyneices, with ( Aesch. Th. 577 , etc., Soph. Ant. 110 f.): Meleager, with ( Eur. fr. 517): Sidêro with ( Soph. fr. 597): and Helen is , etc. ( Aesch. Ag. 689 ).

mvp-comment-263-5 Such play on names did not seem to the Greeks unworthy of grave poetry, because to them the omens conveyed by words (

) were so serious. In modern poetry, too, it has sometimes been used with tragic pathos. Thus Dante Purg. XIII. 109 and Shakesp. Rich. II. act 2 sc. 1. 73 (Gaunt) etc. The king asks, , is the reply,

mvp-comment-263-6 The real etymology of

is uncertain. Vase-inscriptions show that the original form was , and Sonne (in Kuhn's Zeitschr. 10 p. 126) compares Indog. aiva, Skr. eva (‘course’)—a derivation which Brugmann approves ( Stud. z. griech. u. lat. Gramm. 4. 180). The sense, ‘swift runner,’ would suit better than the son of Telamon: and it is not improbable (as Fleischer suggests in Roscher's Lex.p. 139) that the names of the two heroes, though identical in form, were of distinct origin.

mvp-comment-264-1 καὶ δὶς … καὶ τρίς ³³¹

mvp-comment-264-2 τοιούτοις γὰρ ³³²

mvp-comment-265-1 πατὴρ ³³³

mvp-comment-265-2 τὰ πρῶτα καλλιστεἶ ἀριστεύσας ³³⁴

mvp-comment-266-1 τόπον Τροίας ³³⁵

mvp-comment-266-2 ἐπελθὼν ³³⁶

mvp-comment-267-1 ἀρκέσας ³³⁷

mvp-comment-267-2 441—

mvp-comment-268-1 τοσοῦτόν γ’ ἐξεπίστασθαι ³³⁸ εἰ ζῶν ³³⁹

mvp-comment-268-2 εἰ … κρίνειν ἔμελλε ³⁴⁰ οὐκ ἄν τις ἔμαρψεν ³⁴¹

mvp-comment-268-3 ὅπλων τῶν ὧν πέρι ³⁴²

mvp-comment-268-4 κρίνειν … κράτος ἀριστείας ³⁴³

mvp-comment-268-5 ἔμαρψεν ³⁴⁴

mvp-comment-268-6 ἀντ’ ἐμοῦ ³⁴⁵

mvp-comment-269-1 νῦν δ’ ³⁴⁶

mvp-comment-269-2 παντουργῷ ³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-269-3 ἔπραξαν ³⁴⁸

mvp-comment-269-4 ἀπώσαντες ³⁴⁹

mvp-comment-269-5 κράτη ³⁵⁰

mvp-comment-270-1 τόδ’ ὄμμα ³⁵¹

mvp-comment-270-2 τῆς ἐμῆς ³⁵²

mvp-comment-270-3 οὐκ ἄν ποτε … ἐψήφισαν ³⁵³ κατ’ ἄλλου φωτὸς ³⁵⁴ δίκην ἐψήφισαν ³⁵⁵

mvp-comment-271-1 ἡ Διὸς … θεὰ ³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-271-2 γοργῶπις ³⁵⁷

mvp-comment-271-3 ἀδάματος ³⁵⁸

mvp-comment-272-1 ἐπεντύνον<*> ³⁵⁹ ἐπευθύνοντ’ ³⁶⁰

mvp-comment-273-1 λυσσώδη νόσον ³⁶¹

mvp-comment-274-1 ἐπεγγελῶσιν ³⁶²

mvp-comment-275-1 ἐμοῦ μὲν ³⁶³

mvp-comment-275-2 βλάπτοι ³⁶⁴

mvp-comment-276-1 ὅστις ³⁶⁵

mvp-comment-276-2 μισεῖ δέ μ’ ³⁶⁶ πεδία ³⁶⁷

mvp-comment-277-1 πότερα ³⁶⁸

mvp-comment-277-2 ναυλόχους … ἕδρας ³⁶⁹

mvp-comment-277-3 μόνους τ’ Ἀτρείδας ³⁷⁰

mvp-comment-278-1 καὶ ποῖον ³⁷¹

mvp-comment-278-2 ὄμμα ³⁷²

mvp-comment-279-1 γυμνὸν ³⁷³

mvp-comment-279-2 ὧν … εὐκλείας στέφανον ³⁷⁴

mvp-comment-280-1 ἀλλὰ δῆτ’ ³⁷⁵

mvp-comment-280-2 ἔρυμα ³⁷⁶

mvp-comment-280-3 μόνος μόνοις ³⁷⁷ μόνοις ³⁷⁸

mvp-comment-280-4 δρῶν τι χρηστόν ³⁷⁹

mvp-comment-281-1 Ἀτρείδας … εὐφράναιμί που ³⁸⁰

mvp-comment-282-1 οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα ³⁸¹

mvp-comment-283-1 δηλώσω … γεγώς ³⁸²

mvp-comment-283-2 μή τοι φύσιν γ’ ³⁸³ τοι ³⁸⁴ γε ³⁸⁵ οὔ τοι ³⁸⁶ μή τοι ³⁸⁷

mvp-comment-283-3 ἄσπλαγχνος ³⁸⁸

mvp-comment-284-1 τοῦ μακροῦ … βίου ³⁸⁹

mvp-comment-284-2 κακοῖσιν … μηδὲν ἐξαλλάσσεται ³⁹⁰ μηδὲν ³⁹¹

mvp-comment-285-1 παρ’ ἦμαρ ἡμέρα ³⁹² προσθεῖσα ³⁹³

mvp-comment-285-2 προσθεῖσα ³⁹⁴

mvp-comment-285-3 κἀναθεῖσα ³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-286-1 πριαίμην ³⁹⁶

mvp-comment-286-2 λόγου ³⁹⁷

mvp-comment-287-1 τεθνηκέναι ³⁹⁸

mvp-comment-287-2 πάντ’ ἀκήκοας λόγον ³⁹⁹

mvp-comment-288-1 ὑπόβλητον ⁴⁰⁰

mvp-comment-289-1 γε μέντοι ⁴⁰¹ κρατῆσαι ⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-290-1 τῆς ἀναγκαίας τύχης ⁴⁰³

mvp-comment-291-1 εἴπερ τινὸς σθένοντος ⁴⁰⁴

mvp-comment-291-2 ἐν πλούτῳ ⁴⁰⁵

mvp-comment-292-1 θεοῖς ⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-292-2 μάλιστα ⁴⁰⁷

mvp-comment-293-1 τοιγαροῦν ⁴⁰⁸

mvp-comment-293-2 τὸ σὸν λέχος ξυνῆλθον ⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-293-3 τὰ σά ⁴¹⁰

mvp-comment-294-1 ἐφεστίου Διὸς ⁴¹¹

mvp-comment-295-1 συνηλλάχθης ⁴¹²

mvp-comment-296-1 βάξιν λαβεῖν … ὑπ’ ἐχθρῶν ⁴¹³

mvp-comment-296-2 χειρίαν ⁴¹⁴

mvp-comment-296-3 ἐφεὶς ⁴¹⁵

mvp-comment-297-1 ᾗ γὰρ θάνῃς σὺ ⁴¹⁶ ᾗ ⁴¹⁷ εἰ ⁴¹⁸

mvp-comment-297-2 ἀφῇς ⁴¹⁹

mvp-comment-298-1 ξυναρπασθεῖσαν ⁴²⁰ δουλίαν ⁴²¹ δούλιν ⁴²²

mvp-comment-298-2 τροφή ⁴²³

mvp-comment-299-1 καί τις ⁴²⁴

mvp-comment-299-2 πικρὸν πρόσφθεγμα … ἐρεῖ ⁴²⁵ πικρὸν ⁴²⁶

mvp-comment-299-3 λόγοις ἰάπτων ⁴²⁷ λόγοις ⁴²⁸ ἰάπτων ⁴²⁹

mvp-comment-300-1 ἵσχυσε ⁴³⁰

mvp-comment-300-2 οἵας … ὅσου ⁴³¹

mvp-comment-300-3 ζήλου ⁴³²

mvp-comment-300-4 τρέφει ⁴³³

mvp-comment-301-1 κἀμὲ μὲν ⁴³⁴ σοὶ δ’ αἰσχρὰ ⁴³⁵ ἐλᾷ ⁴³⁶

mvp-comment-301-2 αἰσχρὰ ⁴³⁷

mvp-comment-302-1 αἴδεσαι … προλείπων ⁴³⁸ προλείπων ⁴³⁹

mvp-comment-302-2 κληροῦχον ⁴⁴⁰

mvp-comment-302-3 ἀρᾶται ⁴⁴¹

mvp-comment-303-1 οἴκτιρε ⁴⁴² εἰ ⁴⁴³

mvp-comment-303-2 διοίσεται ⁴⁴⁴ σοῦ … μόνος ⁴⁴⁵

mvp-comment-304-1 ὑπ’ ὀρφανιστῶν ⁴⁴⁶

mvp-comment-304-2 The word

(found only here) = , ‘guardian.’ Eustathius (p. 533. 30), on Il. 5. 158 , explains as those who administered the property of persons who left no direct heirs ( ); adding, . Apparently, then, he knew the word only from this verse. (The verb usu.=to make .)

mvp-comment-304-3 μὴ φίλων ⁴⁴⁷

mvp-comment-304-4 Compare Andromachè's description, in her lament over Hector, of the lot in store for her child,

, ‘the day of orphanhood makes a child companionless,’ etc.: Il. 22. 490 —498.

mvp-comment-305-1 βλέπω ⁴⁴⁸

mvp-comment-305-2 ᾔστωσας ⁴⁴⁹

mvp-comment-305-3 δορί ⁴⁵⁰ δόρει ⁴⁵¹

mvp-comment-306-1 ἄλλη μοῖρα ⁴⁵²

mvp-comment-307-1 καθεῖλεν … οἰκήτορας ⁴⁵³ Ἅιδου, θανασίμους ⁴⁵⁴

mvp-comment-308-1 πατρίς ⁴⁵⁵

mvp-comment-308-2 ἐν σοὶ … σῴζομαι ⁴⁵⁶ πᾶς’ ⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-309-1 κἀμοῦ ⁴⁵⁸

mvp-comment-309-2 προσεῖναι ⁴⁵⁹

mvp-comment-309-3 τερπνὸν εἴ τί που πάθοι ⁴⁶⁰

mvp-comment-310-1 χάρις χάριν γάρ ⁴⁶¹

mvp-comment-310-2 τίκτους’ ⁴⁶²

mvp-comment-311-1 ἀπορρεῖ ⁴⁶³

mvp-comment-311-2 γένοιτ’ ⁴⁶⁴

mvp-comment-312-1 ἔχειν σ’ ἂν … θέλοιμ’ ἄν ⁴⁶⁵

mvp-comment-312-2 ὡς κἀγὼ ⁴⁶⁶

mvp-comment-313-1 καὶ κάρτ’ ⁴⁶⁷

mvp-comment-313-2 τὸ ταχθὲν ⁴⁶⁸

mvp-comment-313-3 τολμᾷ ⁴⁶⁹

mvp-comment-313-4 For the alliteration (

) cp. 1112 : O.T. 371 (n.).

mvp-comment-314-1 ἀλλ’ ⁴⁷⁰

mvp-comment-315-1 ὡς ἴδω ⁴⁷¹

mvp-comment-316-1 καὶ μὴν φόβοισί γ’ ⁴⁷² γε ⁴⁷³ φόβοισι ⁴⁷⁴ καὶ μήν … γε ⁴⁷⁵ γε ⁴⁷⁶

mvp-comment-316-2 φόβοισι ⁴⁷⁷

mvp-comment-316-3 ἐξελυσάμην ⁴⁷⁸

mvp-comment-316-4 The conjecture ἐξερρυσάμην ⁴⁷⁹

mvp-comment-317-1 κακοῖσιν ⁴⁸⁰

mvp-comment-318-1 μὴ σοί γε ⁴⁸¹ σοί ⁴⁸²

mvp-comment-319-1 πρέπον γέ τἂν ἦν ⁴⁸³

mvp-comment-319-2 δαίμονος ⁴⁸⁴

mvp-comment-320-1 ἀλλ’ οὖν ⁴⁸⁵ γε ⁴⁸⁶

mvp-comment-320-2 )φύλαξα ⁴⁸⁷

mvp-comment-320-3 ἀρκέσαι ⁴⁸⁸

mvp-comment-321-1 ἐπῄνες’ ⁴⁸⁹

mvp-comment-321-2 ἔθου ⁴⁹⁰

mvp-comment-322-1 ὡς ἐκ τῶνδ’ ⁴⁹¹ ἐκτῶνδε ⁴⁹² ὡς ⁴⁹³

mvp-comment-323-1 καὶ μὴν ⁴⁹⁴

mvp-comment-323-2 γε ⁴⁹⁵ πέλας. ⁴⁹⁶

mvp-comment-323-3 προσπόλοις ⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-324-1 μὴ οὐ ⁴⁹⁸ τί μέλλει ⁴⁹⁹

mvp-comment-324-2 παρουσίαν ἔχειν ⁵⁰⁰

mvp-comment-325-1 εὐθύνων ⁵⁰¹

mvp-comment-326-1 ἕρποντι φωνεῖς ⁵⁰²

mvp-comment-326-2 λελειμμένῳλόγων ⁵⁰³

mvp-comment-327-1 καὶ δὴ ⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-328-1 αἶρε δεῦρο ⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-328-2 ταρβήσει γὰρ οὒ ⁵⁰⁶

mvp-comment-329-1 νεοσφαγῆ … φόνον ⁵⁰⁷ που ⁵⁰⁸ τοῦ ⁵⁰⁹ τοῦτόν γε ⁵¹⁰ του ⁵¹¹

mvp-comment-330-1 δικαίως ⁵¹²

mvp-comment-330-2 τὰ πατρόθεν ⁵¹³

mvp-comment-331-1 ὠμοῖς … ἐν νόμοις ⁵¹⁴

mvp-comment-331-2 πωλοδαμνεῖν ⁵¹⁵

mvp-comment-331-3 κἀξομοιοῦσθαι ⁵¹⁶ φύσιν ⁵¹⁷

mvp-comment-332-1 ὦ παῖ ⁵¹⁸

mvp-comment-332-2 τὰ δ’ ἄλλ’ ὅμοιος ⁵¹⁹

mvp-comment-333-1 καίτοι … καὶ νῦν ⁵²⁰

mvp-comment-333-2 σε ⁵²¹ σὲ ⁵²²

mvp-comment-333-3 τοῦτό γε ⁵²³

mvp-comment-333-4 οὐδὲν ⁵²⁴ ἐπαισθάνει ⁵²⁵

mvp-comment-334-1 ἐν τῷ φρονεῖν μηδὲν ⁵²⁶

mvp-comment-334-2 554 b [ τὸ μὴ φρονεῖν γὰρ ⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-335-1 ἕως ⁵²⁸

mvp-comment-336-1 ἵκῃ πρὸς τοῦτο ⁵²⁹

mvp-comment-336-2 δεῖ σ’ ὅπως … δείξεις ⁵³⁰

mvp-comment-337-1 τέως ⁵³¹

mvp-comment-337-2 κούφοις πνεύμασιν ⁵³²

mvp-comment-337-3 νέαν ψυχὴν ἀτάλλων ⁵³³

mvp-comment-337-4 The word

may have been suggested to Sophocles by a trait in the scene between Hector and Andromachè: Il. 6. 400 .

mvp-comment-337-5 χαρμονήν ⁵³⁴ χαρμονή ⁵³⁵

mvp-comment-337-6 560 It is strange that exception should have been taken to the parenthetic οἶδα ⁵³⁶

mvp-comment-337-7 οὔτοι … μή ⁵³⁷

mvp-comment-338-1 τοῖον ⁵³⁸

mvp-comment-338-2 πυλωρὸν ⁵³⁹

mvp-comment-339-1 τροφῆς ἄοκνον ⁵⁴⁰

mvp-comment-339-2 ἔμπα ⁵⁴¹ κεἰ ⁵⁴²

mvp-comment-340-1 τηλωπὸς ⁵⁴³

mvp-comment-340-2 οἰχνεῖ ⁵⁴⁴

mvp-comment-340-3 θήραν ἔχων ⁵⁴⁵

mvp-comment-341-1 ἀσπιστῆρες ⁵⁴⁶

mvp-comment-341-2 χάριν ⁵⁴⁷

mvp-comment-342-1 ὅπως … δείξει ⁵⁴⁸

mvp-comment-342-2 Ἐριβοίᾳ λέγω ⁵⁴⁹

mvp-comment-343-1 μέχρις οὗ ⁵⁵⁰

mvp-comment-344-1 μήτ’ … θήσους’ ⁵⁵¹

mvp-comment-344-2 ἀγωνάρχαι ⁵⁵²

mvp-comment-344-3 μήθ’ ὁ λυμεὼν ἐμός ⁵⁵³

mvp-comment-344-4 No correction is very probable. We cannot read

, since, though can represent the possessive pron., such a use of would be unexampled. (See Krüger, Gr. Sprachlehre, § 47. 9. 13.) The dat. is also untenable. It is possible that the poet wrote μήτε λυμεὼν ἐμός ⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-345-1 αὐτό ⁵⁵⁵

mvp-comment-345-2 ἐπώνυμον ⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-346-1 πολυρράφου … πόρπακος ⁵⁵⁷

mvp-comment-346-2 But a loop at the edge of the shield, such as the

offered to the warrior's hand ( Helen. 1376 ), would not suffice to give him control. Hence, in the vasepainting noticed above, we see the combined with another contrivance, viz., a band (of metal, or wood), placed vertically across the inside of the shield, and furnished at the middle with an arrangement of small bars, forming a support for the arm just below the elbow. This band was the or .—See Appendix.

mvp-comment-346-3 πολυρράφου ⁵⁵⁸

mvp-comment-346-4 ἑπτάβοιον ⁵⁵⁹

mvp-comment-347-1 τεθάψεται ⁵⁶⁰

mvp-comment-347-2

is here adv.: cp. Ant. 546 .

mvp-comment-348-1 πάκτου ⁵⁶¹

mvp-comment-348-2 ἐπισκήνους ⁵⁶²

mvp-comment-348-3 φιλοίκτιστον ⁵⁶³

mvp-comment-349-1 πύκαζε ⁵⁶⁴

mvp-comment-349-2 οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ ⁵⁶⁵

mvp-comment-349-3 θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς ⁵⁶⁶

mvp-comment-349-4 τομῶντι ⁵⁶⁷

mvp-comment-350-1 προθυμίαν ⁵⁶⁸

mvp-comment-350-2 ἀρέσκει ⁵⁶⁹

mvp-comment-350-3 τεθηγμένη ⁵⁷⁰

mvp-comment-351-1 δρασείεις ⁵⁷¹

mvp-comment-351-2 φρενί ⁵⁷²

mvp-comment-352-1 κρῖνε ⁵⁷³

mvp-comment-353-1 οἴμ’ ὡς ⁵⁷⁴

mvp-comment-353-2 μὴ προδοὺς γένῃ ⁵⁷⁵

mvp-comment-354-1 ἄγαν γε λυπεῖς ⁵⁷⁶

mvp-comment-354-2 ἀρκεῖν ⁵⁷⁷

mvp-comment-354-3 ὀφειλέτης ⁵⁷⁸

mvp-comment-355-1 εὔφημα φώνει ⁵⁷⁹

mvp-comment-355-2 τοῖς ἀκούουσιν λέγε ⁵⁸⁰

mvp-comment-355-3 The division of the verse between two speakers (

) is here used for the first time in the play, to mark the tension of feeling.

mvp-comment-356-1 ξυνέρξεθ’ ⁵⁸¹

mvp-comment-357-1 ἄρτι ⁵⁸²

mvp-comment-357-2 Ajax is now withdrawn into the tent on the eccyclema (

), and the entrance is closed. Tecmessa and her child retire by another door into the part of the dwelling which is supposed to represent the . They re-enter after the Choral ode, and are present while Ajax speaks (see 684 ff.). Some, indeed, suppose that they remain on the scene during the ode; but the command of Ajax to Tecmessa in 579 f., , is against this.

mvp-comment-357-3 Welcker thinks that not only Tecmessa (with the child), but Ajax also, remain present during the ode. ( Rhein. Mus. for 1829, part 3, p. 87.) It is clear, however, from v. 593 that Ajax withdraws into the tent.

mvp-comment-358-1 ναίεις ⁵⁸³

mvp-comment-358-2 ἁλίπλακτος ⁵⁸⁴

mvp-comment-358-3 πᾶσιν περίφαντος ἀεί ⁵⁸⁵

mvp-comment-359-1 παλαιὸς ἀφ’ οὗ χρόνος ⁵⁸⁶

mvp-comment-359-2 601—

mvp-comment-360-1 Ἰδαῖα ⁵⁸⁷

mvp-comment-360-2 1. The metre (logaoedic) is clear: no suspicion rests on the antistrophic verses, 613—615

. Metre proves, then, that ( a) instead of L's , we require --u, which is given by . ( b) Instead of we require --uu-u, which is satisfied by . ( c) Instead of , we require ---.

mvp-comment-360-3 2. εὐνῶμαι ⁵⁸⁸ μίμνων ⁵⁸⁹

mvp-comment-360-4 3. μηνῶν ⁵⁹⁰ μηνῶν ἀνήριθμος ⁵⁹¹

mvp-comment-360-5 What remains doubtful, then, is only how we should correct the words,

. Now, in favour of , let it be noted that, if was the genuine word, then the corruption of into μήλων ⁵⁹²

mvp-comment-360-6 The construction then is,

, ‘I am encamped in quarters on the fields of Ida,’ , ‘through countless months.’ For the acc. with , cp. such phrases as (249 n.), ( Ph. 144 f.). For with ref. to camping, cp. Il. 10. 408 : Aesch. Ag. 559 —a passage which Sophocles may have had in mind.

mvp-comment-360-7 For other views of the passage, and other emendations, see Appendix.

mvp-comment-361-1 χρόνῳ ⁵⁹³

mvp-comment-362-1 ἐλπίδ’ ⁵⁹⁴ κακάν ⁵⁹⁵

mvp-comment-363-1 ἔτι ⁵⁹⁶

mvp-comment-363-2 με ⁵⁹⁷ ἀνύσειν … Ἅιδαν ⁵⁹⁸

mvp-comment-363-3 τὸν ἀπότροπον ⁵⁹⁹

mvp-comment-363-4 ἀΐδηλον Ἅιδαν ⁶⁰⁰

mvp-comment-364-1 ἔφεδρος ⁶⁰¹

mvp-comment-364-2 Prof. Campbell pronounces this interpretation ‘untenable,’ and renders

‘fixed at my side,’ because ‘Ajax had remained sitting throughout the previous scene,’ and had now apparently relapsed into sullen inaction within his tent.

mvp-comment-365-1 θείᾳ ⁶⁰²

mvp-comment-366-1 ἐξεπέμψω … θουρίῳ ⁶⁰³

mvp-comment-366-2 πρὶν δή ποτε ⁶⁰⁴

mvp-comment-366-3 Ἄρει ⁶⁰⁵ α— ⁶⁰⁶

mvp-comment-367-1 φρενὸς οἰοβώτας ⁶⁰⁷

mvp-comment-368-1 ηὕρηται ⁶⁰⁸

mvp-comment-369-1 ἔργα χεροῖν … ἀρετᾶς ⁶⁰⁹

mvp-comment-370-1 ἄφιλα παρ’ ἀφίλοις ⁶¹⁰

mvp-comment-370-2 ἄφιλα … ἔπεσε ⁶¹¹

mvp-comment-370-3 ἔπεσ’ ἔπεσε ⁶¹²

mvp-comment-371-1 σύντροφος ⁶¹³ ἔντροφος ⁶¹⁴

mvp-comment-371-2 παλαιᾷ … ἁμέρᾳ ⁶¹⁵

mvp-comment-371-3 λευκῷ ⁶¹⁶ λευκὰ ⁶¹⁷ μὲν ⁶¹⁸ δὲ ⁶¹⁹

mvp-comment-372-1 νοσοῦντα φρενομόρως ⁶²⁰

mvp-comment-373-1 αἴλινον ⁶²¹

mvp-comment-373-2 ἀηδοῦς ⁶²²

mvp-comment-374-1 ὀξυτόνους ⁶²³

mvp-comment-375-1 χερόπλακτοι … δοῦποι ⁶²⁴

mvp-comment-376-1 ἄμυγμα ⁶²⁵

mvp-comment-377-1 κρείσσων … κεύθων ⁶²⁶

mvp-comment-377-2 Elmsley's emendation,

, instead of (the reading of the MSS.), is specious; for Sophocles has that phrase in O. T. 972 and in O. C. 1572 ; but here he may have been thinking of Il. 23. 244 . The personal sense of Hades easily passes into the local; thus we have not only ( Tr. 4 ), but ( El. 833 ). For the simple dat., cp. El. 174 (n.).

mvp-comment-377-3 κεύθων ⁶²⁷

mvp-comment-377-4 ὁ νοσῶν μάταν ⁶²⁸

mvp-comment-378-1 ἐκ πατρῴας ἥκων γενεᾶς ἄριστος … Ἀχαιῶν ⁶²⁹ ἥκων ⁶³⁰ ἄριστος ⁶³¹ ἄριστος ⁶³²

mvp-comment-378-2 The ingenious conjecture of Burges,

, would mean, ‘fortunate ( ) in his descent ( ) with regard to paternal lineage’ (the gen. as in , Her. 5. 62 , etc.). But this is tame; and is also prosaic: nor does it account for the gen. . Wecklein, reading , understands, ‘fortunate in his lineage, — most so, indeed, of the Achaeans’: so that defines .

mvp-comment-378-3 πολυπόνων ⁶³³

mvp-comment-379-1 συντρόφοις ὀργαῖς ⁶³⁴ ἔμπεδος ⁶³⁵

mvp-comment-379-2 ἐκτὸς ὁμιλεῖ ⁶³⁶ ἐκτὸς ⁶³⁷ ὁμιλεῖ ⁶³⁸ ὁμιλεῖ ⁶³⁹

mvp-comment-380-1 τλᾶμον ⁶⁴⁰

mvp-comment-381-1 δύσφορον ⁶⁴¹

mvp-comment-382-1 ἔθρεψεν ⁶⁴²

mvp-comment-382-2 αἰὼν ⁶⁴³ δίων ⁶⁴⁴

mvp-comment-383-1 ὁ μακρὸς … χρόνος ⁶⁴⁵

mvp-comment-383-2 φύει τ’ ⁶⁴⁶ φύει ⁶⁴⁷ φαίνει ⁶⁴⁸

mvp-comment-383-3 κρύπτεται ⁶⁴⁹

mvp-comment-384-1 ἄελπτον ⁶⁵⁰

mvp-comment-384-2 ἁλίσκεται ⁶⁵¹ δεινὸς ⁶⁵²

mvp-comment-384-3 περισκελεῖς ⁶⁵³

mvp-comment-385-1 τὰ δείν’ ⁶⁵⁴ τότε ⁶⁵⁵

mvp-comment-385-2 βαφῇ σίδηρος ὥς ⁶⁵⁶

mvp-comment-385-3 ἐθηλύνθην στόμα ⁶⁵⁷ στόμα ⁶⁵⁸ βαφῇ σίδηρος ὥς ⁶⁵⁹

mvp-comment-386-1 οἰκτίρω … λιπεῖν ⁶⁶⁰

mvp-comment-387-1 πρός τε λουτρὰ ⁶⁶¹

mvp-comment-387-2 λύμαθ’ ἁγνίσας ⁶⁶²

mvp-comment-387-3 ἐξαλύξωμαι ⁶⁶³ ἐξαλεύσωμαι ⁶⁶⁴

mvp-comment-388-1 μολών … ἔνθ’ ⁶⁶⁵

mvp-comment-388-2 κίχω ⁶⁶⁶

mvp-comment-388-3 κρύψω ⁶⁶⁷

mvp-comment-388-4 γαίας ⁶⁶⁸

mvp-comment-388-5 ἔνθα μή τις ὄψεται ⁶⁶⁹

mvp-comment-389-1 ἀλλ’ αὐτὸ ⁶⁷⁰

mvp-comment-390-1 χειρὶ ⁶⁷¹

mvp-comment-390-2 The exchange of gifts between the two heroes is told in Il. 7. 303 ff.: Hector gave ‘his silver-studded sword (

), with scabbard and well-cut baldrick; and Ajax gave his girdle bright with purple.’

mvp-comment-390-3 ἔσχον ⁶⁷²

mvp-comment-391-1 ἡ βροτῶν παροιμία ⁶⁷³

mvp-comment-391-2 ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα ⁶⁷⁴

mvp-comment-392-1 τοιγὰρ ⁶⁷⁵

mvp-comment-392-2 τὸ λοιπὸν ⁶⁷⁶ εἰσόμεσθα ⁶⁷⁷ μαθησόμεσθα ⁶⁷⁸

mvp-comment-393-1 τί μήν ⁶⁷⁹ τί μήν ⁶⁸⁰ τί μή ⁶⁸¹ τί μή ⁶⁸²

mvp-comment-394-1 τὰ δεινὰ ⁶⁸³

mvp-comment-394-2 τιμαῖς ⁶⁸⁴

mvp-comment-394-3 τοῦτο μὲν ⁶⁸⁵

mvp-comment-394-4 νιφοστιβεῖς χειμῶνες ⁶⁸⁶

mvp-comment-395-1 ἐξίσταται ⁶⁸⁷

mvp-comment-395-2 αἰανὴς ⁶⁸⁸ αἰανὴς ⁶⁸⁹ κύκλος ⁶⁹⁰

mvp-comment-395-3 τῇ λευκοπώλῳ ⁶⁹¹ φέγγος … φλέγειν ⁶⁹²

mvp-comment-396-1 ἐκοίμισε ⁶⁹³

mvp-comment-396-2 Lobeck, though he refrains from changing δεινῶν ⁶⁹⁴ λείων ⁶⁹⁵ ἐκοίμισε ⁶⁹⁶

mvp-comment-396-3 ἐν δ’ ⁶⁹⁷

mvp-comment-397-1 γνωσόμεσθα ⁶⁹⁸

mvp-comment-398-1 ἔγωγ)· ⁶⁹⁹

mvp-comment-398-2 The vulgate

may have come from in 677. It requires us to suppose that the poet was going to write ( ), ,—and then changed the constr. This is awkward. On the other hand, with , we could not supply .

mvp-comment-399-1 ὅ τ’ ἐχθρὸς ἡμῖν ⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-399-2 Arist. Rhet. 2. 13 § 4 (old men)

. Bias , of Prienè in Ionia, one of the , is said to have flourished about 550 B.C. For other references to this famous maxim, see Appendix.

mvp-comment-400-1 ἔς τε τὸν φίλον ⁷⁰¹ ὑπουργῶν ⁷⁰²

mvp-comment-400-2 βουλήσομαι ⁷⁰³

mvp-comment-401-1 τοῖς πολλοῖσι γὰρ ⁷⁰⁴

mvp-comment-401-2 ἑταιρείας ⁷⁰⁵ ἑταιρίας ⁷⁰⁶

mvp-comment-402-1 ἀμφὶ … τούτοισιν ⁷⁰⁷ διὰ τάχους ⁷⁰⁸

mvp-comment-403-1 ταὐτὰ τῇδε ⁷⁰⁹

mvp-comment-403-2 τάδε τιμᾶτε ⁷¹⁰

mvp-comment-404-1 μέλειν ⁷¹¹

mvp-comment-405-1 ἐκεῖς’ ⁷¹² κεῖς’ ⁷¹³

mvp-comment-406-1 τάχ’ ἄν … ἴσως ⁷¹⁴ σεσωσμένον ⁷¹⁵

mvp-comment-407-1 ἔφριξ’ ⁷¹⁶ ἔρωτι ⁷¹⁷

mvp-comment-407-2 ἀνεπτάμαν ⁷¹⁸

mvp-comment-407-3 694 ff. Pan was a domestic deity to Salaminians, since one of his reputed haunts was the islet of Psyttaleia, lying between

, a tongue of land on the E. side of Salamis, and the Peiraeus. Aesch. mentions it ( Aesch. Pers. 448 f.):

mvp-comment-407-4 ἁλίπλαγκτε ⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-407-5 Κυλλανίας … δειράδος ⁷²⁰

mvp-comment-407-6 χιονοκτύπου ⁷²¹

mvp-comment-408-1 θεῶν χοροποἴ ἄναξ ⁷²²

mvp-comment-408-2 Νύσια ⁷²³

mvp-comment-408-3 Κνώσια ⁷²⁴

mvp-comment-408-4 αὐτοδαῆ ⁷²⁵

mvp-comment-408-5 ἰάψῃς ⁷²⁶

mvp-comment-409-1 χορεῦσαι ⁷²⁷

mvp-comment-410-1 Ἰκαρίων … πελαγέων ⁷²⁸

mvp-comment-410-2 πελαγέων ⁷²⁹ ὑπὲρ ⁷³⁰

mvp-comment-410-3 Ἀπόλλων ⁷³¹

mvp-comment-410-4 Δάλιος ⁷³²

mvp-comment-410-5 εὔγνωστος ⁷³³ εὔγνωτος ⁷³⁴

mvp-comment-410-6 διὰ παντὸς ⁷³⁵

mvp-comment-411-1 ἔλυσεν … Ἄρης ⁷³⁶

mvp-comment-411-2 αἰνὸν ἄχος ⁷³⁷

mvp-comment-411-3 ἀπ’ ὀμμάτων ⁷³⁸

mvp-comment-412-1 πάρα ⁷³⁹

mvp-comment-412-2 λευκὸν … φάος ⁷⁴⁰ εὐάμερον φάος ⁷⁴¹

mvp-comment-412-3 πελάσαι ⁷⁴²

mvp-comment-412-4 θοᾶν ⁷⁴³

mvp-comment-413-1 λαθίπονος ⁷⁴⁴

mvp-comment-414-1 πάνθυτα θέσμἰ ἐξήνυς’ ⁷⁴⁵ πάνθυτα ⁷⁴⁶

mvp-comment-414-2 εὐνομίᾳ ⁷⁴⁷

mvp-comment-415-1 μαραίνει ⁷⁴⁸

mvp-comment-416-1 ἀναύδατον ⁷⁴⁹

mvp-comment-417-1 ἐξ ἀέλπτων ⁷⁵⁰

mvp-comment-418-1 μετανεγνώσθη ⁷⁵¹ μετανεγνώθη ⁷⁵²

mvp-comment-419-1 θυμοῦ τ’. θυμῶν ⁷⁵³ Ἀτρείδαις ⁷⁵⁴

mvp-comment-420-1 τὸ πρῶτον ⁷⁵⁵ τὸ πρῶτον ⁷⁵⁶

mvp-comment-421-1 Μυσίων … κρημνῶν ⁷⁵⁷

mvp-comment-421-2 στρατήγιον ⁷⁵⁸ μέσον ⁷⁵⁹

mvp-comment-422-1 κυδάζεται ⁷⁶⁰ Ἀργείοις ⁷⁶¹

mvp-comment-423-1 στείχοντα ⁷⁶² ἐν κύκλῳ ⁷⁶³ πρόσωθεν ⁷⁶⁴ μαθόντες ⁷⁶⁵

mvp-comment-424-1 ἤρασσον ⁷⁶⁶

mvp-comment-424-2 ἔνθεν κἄνθεν ⁷⁶⁷

mvp-comment-424-3 οὔτις ἔσθ’ ὃς οὔ ⁷⁶⁸

mvp-comment-425-1 τὸν τοῦ μανέντος ⁷⁶⁹

mvp-comment-425-2 κἀπιβουλευτοῦ στρατοῦ ⁷⁷⁰ στρατοῦ ⁷⁷¹ στρατῷ ⁷⁷²

mvp-comment-425-3 ἀποκαλοῦντες ⁷⁷³

mvp-comment-425-4 ὡς οὐκ ἀρκέσοι τὸ μὴ οὐ … θανεῖν ⁷⁷⁴

mvp-comment-425-5 καταξανθεὶς ⁷⁷⁵

mvp-comment-426-1 ὥστ’ ⁷⁷⁶ ὥστε ⁷⁷⁷ τοσοῦτον ⁷⁷⁸

mvp-comment-426-2 κολεῶν … ξίφη ⁷⁷⁹ ἐρυστά ⁷⁸⁰ κουλεῶν ⁷⁸¹

mvp-comment-427-1 δραμοῦσα τοῦ προσωτάτω ⁷⁸²

mvp-comment-427-2 ἐν ξυναλλαγῇ λόγου … γερόντων ⁷⁸³ ἐν ⁷⁸⁴

mvp-comment-428-1 ἡμὶν ⁷⁸⁵

mvp-comment-428-2 τοῖς κυρίοις ⁷⁸⁶

mvp-comment-429-1 νέας βουλὰς ⁷⁸⁷ νέοισιν … τρόποις ⁷⁸⁸ ἐγκαταζεύξας ⁷⁸⁹

mvp-comment-430-1 ἰοὺ ἰού ⁷⁹⁰

mvp-comment-430-2 βραδεῖαν ⁷⁹¹ ἡμᾶς … πέμπων ὁδόν ⁷⁹² )φάνην ⁷⁹³

mvp-comment-431-1 χρείας τῆσδ’ ⁷⁹⁴

mvp-comment-431-2 ὑπεσπανισμένον ⁷⁹⁵

mvp-comment-432-1 ἀπηύδα ⁷⁹⁶

mvp-comment-432-2 τύχῃ ⁷⁹⁷ τύχοι ⁷⁹⁸

mvp-comment-433-1 οἴχεται ⁷⁹⁹

mvp-comment-433-2 τὸ κέρδιστον ⁸⁰⁰ τὸ κέρδιον ⁸⁰¹

mvp-comment-433-3 θεοῖσιν … χόλου ⁸⁰²

mvp-comment-434-1 εὖ φρονῶν ⁸⁰³

mvp-comment-435-1 πάρει ⁸⁰⁴ πέρι ⁸⁰⁵

mvp-comment-436-1 τοσοῦτον ⁸⁰⁶ οἶδα ⁸⁰⁷ παρὼν ⁸⁰⁸ καὶ παρὼν ἐτύγχανον ⁸⁰⁹

mvp-comment-437-1 συνέδρου καὶ τυρ. κύκλου ⁸¹⁰

mvp-comment-437-2 750 Calchas is present at this council, as he is at that in the first book of the Iliad ( Il. 1. 69 ). He knew by inspiration that, if Ajax could be kept in his tent for that one day, all would be well. Leaving the circle of the chiefs, he went to Teucer, who was awaiting the result in the neighbourhood. They sat down apart ( cp. 780 ). The messenger was near them, and heard what Calchas said to Teucer.

mvp-comment-437-3 οἶος Ἀτρειδῶν δίχα ⁸¹¹

mvp-comment-438-1 φιλοφρόνως ⁸¹²

mvp-comment-439-1 παντοίᾳ τέχνῃ ⁸¹³

mvp-comment-440-1 εἶρξαι ⁸¹⁴

mvp-comment-440-2 ἦμαρ τοὐμφανὲς τὸ νῦν τόδε ⁸¹⁵

mvp-comment-441-1 ὑπὸ σκηναῖσι ⁸¹⁶

mvp-comment-441-2 μηδ’ ἀφέντ’ ἐᾶν ⁸¹⁷

mvp-comment-442-1 ἐκεῖνον ⁸¹⁸ Αἴαντα ⁸¹⁹

mvp-comment-442-2 ποτέ ⁸²⁰

mvp-comment-443-1 ἐλᾷ ⁸²¹

mvp-comment-443-2 τῇδε θἡμέρᾳ ⁸²²

mvp-comment-444-1 ὡς ἔφη λέγων ⁸²³

mvp-comment-445-1 τὰ γὰρ περισσὰ ⁸²⁴ περισσὰ κανόνητα ς<*>ματα ⁸²⁵

mvp-comment-445-2 It is not without reason, then, that the reading κἀνόνητα ⁸²⁶ κἀνόητα ⁸²⁷ σώματα ⁸²⁸

mvp-comment-446-1 ὅστις ⁸²⁹

mvp-comment-446-2 φύσιν βλαστὼν ⁸³⁰

mvp-comment-446-3 φρονῇ ⁸³¹

mvp-comment-447-1 κεῖνος δ’ ⁸³²

mvp-comment-447-2 καλῶς λέγοντος ⁸³³

mvp-comment-448-1 αὐτὸν ἐννέπει ⁸³⁴

mvp-comment-449-1 σὺν θεῷ ⁸³⁵

mvp-comment-450-1 ὁ μηδὲν ὢν ⁸³⁶

mvp-comment-451-1 καὶ δίχα κείνων ⁸³⁷

mvp-comment-452-1 ἐπισπάσειν κλέος ⁸³⁸

mvp-comment-453-1 δίας Ἀθάνας ⁸³⁹

mvp-comment-453-2 Other explanations are the following. (1) The poet meant to add something to the effect of

, but changed the form of the sentence. (2) stands for a gen. absol., . (3) The gen. depends on in 773, ‘a saying about her,’ like ( Ant. 11 ).

mvp-comment-453-3 The most attractive remedy is Mehlhorn's, δίαν Ἀθάναν ⁸⁴⁰

mvp-comment-453-4 If, on the other hand, δίας Ἀθάνας ⁸⁴¹ δεύτερον ⁸⁴²

mvp-comment-454-1 τοῖς ἄλλοισιν Ἀργείων ⁸⁴³ πέλας ⁸⁴⁴

mvp-comment-454-2 καθ’ ἡμᾶς ⁸⁴⁵

mvp-comment-454-3 οὔποτ’ ἐκρήξει μάχη ⁸⁴⁶

mvp-comment-455-1 τοιοῖσδέ τοι ⁸⁴⁷ τοῖς ⁸⁴⁸ τοι ⁸⁴⁹

mvp-comment-455-2 ἀστεργῆ ⁸⁵⁰

mvp-comment-455-3 ἐκτήσατ’ ὀργήν ⁸⁵¹

mvp-comment-455-4 οὐ κατ’ ἄνθρωπον φρονῶν ⁸⁵²

mvp-comment-456-1 ἔστι ⁸⁵³ αὐτοῦ … σωτήριοι ⁸⁵⁴

mvp-comment-456-2 σὺν θεῷ ⁸⁵⁵

mvp-comment-457-1 ὁ δ’ … Τεῦκρος ⁸⁵⁶

mvp-comment-457-2 εὐθὺς ἐξ ἕδρας ⁸⁵⁷ εὐθὺς ⁸⁵⁸

mvp-comment-457-3 Teucer sends a messenger, instead of going himself, probably because he hopes that his mediation with the chiefs may do some good. What he dreads is simply that Ajax should leave the tent; and a message could prevent that. He has no cause to suspect that Ajax meditates suicide.

mvp-comment-458-1 ἐπιστολὰς ⁸⁵⁹

mvp-comment-458-2 φυλάσσειν ⁸⁶⁰

mvp-comment-458-3 ἀπεστερήμεθα ⁸⁶¹ ἀφυστερήμεθα ⁸⁶² εἰ δ’ ἄρ’ ὑστερήσαμεν ⁸⁶³

mvp-comment-459-1 δαΐα ⁸⁶⁴

mvp-comment-459-2 γένος ⁸⁶⁵

mvp-comment-459-3 θροεῖ ⁸⁶⁶

mvp-comment-460-1 ξυρεῖ … ἐν χρῷ ⁸⁶⁷ ἐν χρῷ ⁸⁶⁸ χρῷ ⁸⁶⁹

mvp-comment-460-2 μὴ χαίρειν τινά ⁸⁷⁰

mvp-comment-460-3 787 f. Tecmessa, who, at the desire of Ajax (684), had withdrawn into the tent (692), now re-enters, with Eurysaces ( cp. 809 ).

mvp-comment-460-4 ἀτρύτων ⁸⁷¹

mvp-comment-461-1 πρᾶξιν ⁸⁷² βάξιν ⁸⁷³ φέρων … πρᾶξιν ⁸⁷⁴

mvp-comment-462-1 ἄνθρωπε ⁸⁷⁵ ὀλώλαμεν ⁸⁷⁶

mvp-comment-463-1 Αἴαντος ⁸⁷⁷ πέρι ⁸⁷⁸

mvp-comment-464-1 καὶ μὴν ⁸⁷⁹ γ’ ⁸⁸⁰ θυραῖος ⁸⁸¹

mvp-comment-464-2 ὠδίνειν τί φής ⁸⁸²

mvp-comment-465-1 εἴργειν ⁸⁸³

mvp-comment-465-2 ἐξεφίεται ⁸⁸⁴

mvp-comment-465-3 σκηνῆς ὕπαυλον ⁸⁸⁵

mvp-comment-466-1 κἀπὶ τῷ ⁸⁸⁶

mvp-comment-467-1 τήνδε δ’ ἔξοδον … φέρειν ⁸⁸⁷

mvp-comment-467-2 Nor can we render: ‘He (Teucer) forebodes that this going-forth, which he announces, will be fatal to Ajax.’

could be said only of the messenger— not of the man who sends him. Paley's conjecture, , meets the point as to , but the change to the first person is too harsh. Bothe's ἐλπίζειν φέρει ⁸⁸⁸ ἐλπίζει κυρεῖν ⁸⁸⁹

mvp-comment-467-3 Could ὀλεθρίαν Αἴαντος ⁸⁹⁰ Αἴαντος εἰς ὄλεθρον ⁸⁹¹

mvp-comment-468-1 τοῦ Θεστορείου μάντεως ⁸⁹²

mvp-comment-468-2 ὅτ’ αὐτῷ … φέρει ⁸⁹³ ὅτ’ ⁸⁹⁴ ὅτ’ ⁸⁹⁵ ὃς ⁸⁹⁶

mvp-comment-468-3 If φέρει ⁸⁹⁷ φέρει … θάνατον ἢ βίον ⁸⁹⁸

mvp-comment-468-4 It is possible that

came, under the influence of in 799, from (the subject being Calchas): but we should not be warranted in altering the text. Wecklein and Blaydes, reading θροεῖ ⁸⁹⁹

mvp-comment-469-1 οἲ )γώ ⁹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-469-2 πρόστητ’ ⁹⁰¹

mvp-comment-469-3 ἀναγκαίας τύχης ⁹⁰²

mvp-comment-470-1 οἱ μὲν ⁹⁰³ οἱ δὲ … οἱ δέ ⁹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-470-2 Τεῦκρον μολεῖν ⁹⁰⁵ σπεύσατε ⁹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-470-3 ἑσπέρους … ἀντηλίους ⁹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-470-4 ἀγκῶνας ⁹⁰⁸ ζητεῖτ’ ⁹⁰⁹ μολεῖν ⁹¹⁰

mvp-comment-471-1 φωτὸς ἠπατημένη ⁹¹¹

mvp-comment-471-2 χάριτος ⁹¹² ἐκβεβλημένη ⁹¹³

mvp-comment-472-1 τί δράσω, τέκνον ⁹¹⁴

mvp-comment-472-2 ὅποιπερ ἂν σθένω ⁹¹⁵

mvp-comment-473-1 ἐγκονῶμεν ⁹¹⁶

mvp-comment-473-2 οὐχ ἕδρας ἀκμὴ ⁹¹⁷

mvp-comment-473-3 As to the diction of the verse, three points claim notice. (1) The γε ⁹¹⁸ ἄνδρα ⁹¹⁹ σπεύδῃ ⁹²⁰ θέλοντας ⁹²¹ θέλοντες ⁹²²

mvp-comment-474-1 ἕτοιμος ⁹²³ ἔργου ⁹²⁴ ποδῶν ⁹²⁵

mvp-comment-474-2 Tecmessa now leaves the scene by the entrance on the spectator's left, leading to the open country. The Messenger, with the servants of Ajax, goes out on the spectator's right, as being bound for the Greek camp.

mvp-comment-474-3 The Chorus leave the orchestra in two

, one by the on the right, the other by that on the left. The withdrawal of the Chorus from the orchestra during the course of a play was called : their return, . The other extant examples are:—(1) Aesch. Eum.: at v. 231: at v. 299. (2) Eur. Alc.: , Eur. Alc. 746 : , Eur. Alc. 872. (3) Helen. : , 385: , 515. (4) Ar. Eccl.: , Ar. Eccl. 310 : , Ar. Eccl. 478.

mvp-comment-474-4 A change of scene is now supposed to take place, from the ground in front of the tent of Ajax to a lonely spot on the sea-shore, with trees or bushes (

, 892). We do not know how this change was managed. (1) It may have been indicated merely by removing the hangings on the back-wall which represented the of Ajax. This is MA. üller's view ( Gr. Bühnenalterthümer, p. 162). (2) Wecklein supposes that a back-wall, representing the , was drawn back on right and left, disclosing the new scene.—We cannot assume the use of in the poet's time (cp. note at the beginning of the play). Had they been in use, the on the spectator's left could have turned, so as to represent a new locality ( ). The right-hand , indicating the region in which the whole action takes place ( ), would not have been changed.

mvp-comment-474-5 The only other Greek play in which a change of scene is certain is the Eumenides, where the action begins at the temple of the Delphian Apollo, and passes at v. 235 to that of Athena Polias at Athens. This may have been marked merely by substituting a statue of Athena for one of Apollo.

mvp-comment-474-6 815 Ajax is standing at the side of the scene on the spectator's right, near the underwood which screens him when he falls—so that his body is not at first visible to the Chorus when they return to the orchestra, but could be seen by Tecmessa, when she comes on the scene from the left. The point of the sword could probably be seen by the audience. Hesychius quotes Polemon, the sophist in Hadrian's age, as saying that the

was used . It was a short stage-sword, of which the blade ran back; otherwise called (Hesych., which some refer to ), or . Cp. Achilles Tatius 3. 20 .

mvp-comment-474-7 The antithesis to ὁ μὲν σφαγεὺς ⁹²⁶ ἐκ δὲ τῶνδε ⁹²⁷

mvp-comment-474-8 σφαγεὺς ⁹²⁸

mvp-comment-474-9 τομώτατος ⁹²⁹

mvp-comment-475-1 εἴ τῳ καὶ λογίζεσθαι σχολή ⁹³⁰

mvp-comment-476-1 δῶρον μὲν ⁹³¹

mvp-comment-476-2 ἀνδρὸς ⁹³²

mvp-comment-476-3 ξένων ⁹³³

mvp-comment-477-1 πολεμίᾳ ⁹³⁴

mvp-comment-477-2 σιδηροβρῶτι ⁹³⁵

mvp-comment-477-3 θηγάνῃ ⁹³⁶

mvp-comment-477-4 νεηκονής ⁹³⁷

mvp-comment-478-1 περιστείλας ⁹³⁸

mvp-comment-478-2 θανεῖν ⁹³⁹

mvp-comment-479-1 εύσχευοῦμεν ⁹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-479-2 ἐκ δὲ τῶνδε ⁹⁴¹

mvp-comment-479-3 Ζεῦ ⁹⁴²

mvp-comment-479-4 καὶ γὰρ εἰκός ⁹⁴³

mvp-comment-479-5 αἰτήσομαι ⁹⁴⁴ λαχεῖν ⁹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-479-6 μακρὸν ⁹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-480-1 ἡμῖν ⁹⁴⁷ ἄγγελον ⁹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-481-1 βαστάσῃ ⁹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-481-2 πεπτῶτα περὶ ξίφει ⁹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-482-1 πρόβλητος ⁹⁵¹

mvp-comment-482-2 ἕλωρ ⁹⁵²

mvp-comment-482-3 Ajax forebodes that, as a public enemy, he will suffer the doom which Achilles assigns to Hector ( Il. 22. 354 ), Creon to Polyneices ( Ant. 205 ), and Electra to Aegisthus ( El. 1487 ). The Atreidae, in fact, so intended (1064 f.).

mvp-comment-483-1 τοσαῦτά σε … προστρέπω ⁹⁵³

mvp-comment-483-2 καλῶ δ’ ⁹⁵⁴ καλῶ θ’ ⁹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-483-3 832 The sense of πομπαῖον ⁹⁵⁶ χθόνιον ⁹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-484-1 ἀσφαδάστῳ ⁹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-484-2 The precept to write

(and therefore, as Nauck does, ) dates from Herodian ( c. 160 A.D. ), but is not confirmed by any such independent evidence as exists in the case of ( Soph. O. T. 891 ). Ellendt writes , yet .

mvp-comment-484-3 πηδήματι ⁹⁵⁹ ξὺν ⁹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-485-1 πλευρὰν διαρρήξαντα ⁹⁶¹

mvp-comment-486-1 τὰς ἀεί τε παρθένους ⁹⁶²

mvp-comment-486-2 ἀεί θ’ ὁρώσας ⁹⁶³

mvp-comment-486-3 ὁρώσας ⁹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-487-1 σεμνὰς ⁹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-487-2 τανύποδας ⁹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-487-3 839—

mvp-comment-488-1 κάκιστα καὶ πανωλέθρους ⁹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-488-2 The last two of these four verses are certainly spurious, as three things show.

mvp-comment-488-3 (1) The poet would not have made the dying Ajax pray that the Atreidae may die ‘at the hands of their offspring,’ unless there had been some legend that they so died. But, according to the current mythology, Agamemnon was slain by his wife and her paramour, while Menelaüs and Helen passed, without dying, to Elysium ( Od. 4. 561 ). It is only in later times that we meet with the story of Menelaüs and Helen having been sacrificed by Iphigeneia in the land of the Tauri ( Ptolemy Heph. 4 , cp. Roscher, Lex. p. 1951 ): a myth which the author of these verses may have had in view. Odysseus, indeed, was slain by Telegonus; but he does not come into account here, unless we make the improbable change of

to in 838. [As to the double sense of , with ref. to one who is slain (1) by himself, (2) by a kinsman, see on Ant. 56 .]

mvp-comment-488-4 (2) These two verses confuse the construction, since

( sc. ) refers to what precedes: while in 841 refers to .

mvp-comment-488-5 (3) The form

occurs nowhere else, except as a proper name.

mvp-comment-488-6

is not elsewhere found in Soph. or Eur. : it is, however, used by Aesch. , not only in lyrics ( Aesch. Th. 484 , Suppl. 69, 670, 691), but once, at least, in a trimeter, Th. 637 . We should not, then, insist on as a mark of spuriousness: and is, of course, free from objection ( O. T. 1274 n.). But the case against 841 f. seems conclusive without them.

mvp-comment-488-7 A more difficult question is whether vv. 839, 840 are also spurious. The schol. in L on v. 841 is as follows:—

: . As the lemma, , clearly indicates, refers only to the two verses 841 f., and not (as Dindorf and others have assumed) to all the four verses 839—842. The surmise was, says the scholiast, that vv. 841 f. were added ‘to make the meaning clearer’; i.e., to explain the elliptical phrase, . Such a surmise itself shows that vv. 839, 840 were believed to be older than 841 f. It is indeed plain that all four verses are not by the same author. The incoherent construction noticed above, under (2), was possible for an interpolator whose attention was fixed on , but hardly for one who was forging vv. 839—842 as a whole. If, then, all four verses are condemned, we must assume two independent interpolations.

mvp-comment-488-8 I incline to think that the two verses 839 and 840 are genuine; because, otherwise, the imprecation on the

(844) would follow too abruptly on v. 838. The prayer for the destruction of his chief foes, uttered in 839 f., leads up to the more sweeping denunciation of the Greek army.

mvp-comment-489-1 ἴτ’ ⁹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-489-2 γεύεσθε ⁹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-489-3 πανδήμου στρατοῦ ⁹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-490-1 αἰπὺν ⁹⁷¹

mvp-comment-490-2 οὐρανὸν διφρηλατῶν ⁹⁷²

mvp-comment-491-1 ἴδῃς ⁹⁷³

mvp-comment-491-2 χρυσόνωτον ἡνίαν ⁹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-492-1 τροφῷ ⁹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-493-1 ἦ που ⁹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-493-2 ἥσει … κωκυτὸν ⁹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-493-3 ἐν πάσῃ πόλει ⁹⁷⁸

mvp-comment-494-1 ἔργον ⁹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-494-2 ἀλλ’ … ἀλλ’ ⁹⁸⁰

mvp-comment-495-1 Θάνατε ⁹⁸¹

mvp-comment-496-1 κἀκεῖ ⁹⁸²

mvp-comment-496-2 The absence of caesura gives a more deliberate weight to

: cp. 994 : Ph. 1369 , and ib. 101: Ant. 44.

mvp-comment-497-1 τὸ νῦν σέλας ⁹⁸³

mvp-comment-497-2 διφρευτὴν ⁹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-498-1 πανύστατον δὴ ⁹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-498-2 κοὔποτ’ … ὕστερον ⁹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-499-1 ἱερὸν ⁹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-499-2 πατρῷον ⁹⁸⁸ βάθρον ⁹⁸⁹

mvp-comment-500-1 κλειναί ⁹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-500-2 καὶ τὸ σύντροφον γένος ⁹⁹¹

mvp-comment-501-1 κρῆναί τε ποταμοί θ’ οἵδε ⁹⁹²

mvp-comment-501-2 καὶ τὰ Τρ. πεδία προσαυδῶ ⁹⁹³

mvp-comment-501-3 τροφῆς ⁹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-502-1 Αἴας … θροεῖ ⁹⁹⁵ μυθήσομαι ⁹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-502-2 Ajax falls upon his sword. (See n. on 815.)—The actor Timotheus of Zacynthus (says the scholiast) was celebrated in this scene:

.

mvp-comment-503-1 πόνος πόνῳ πόνον ⁹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-504-1 κοὐδεὶς … τόπος ⁹⁹⁸ συμμαθεῖν ⁹⁹⁹ σφε ¹⁰⁰⁰ κοὐδεὶς ἐπίσταταί σφε συνναίειν τόπος ¹⁰⁰¹

mvp-comment-505-1 ἰδού ¹⁰⁰²

mvp-comment-506-1 ἡμῶν ¹⁰⁰³ ναὸς … ὁμιλίαν ¹⁰⁰⁴

mvp-comment-506-2 κοινόπλουν ¹⁰⁰⁵

mvp-comment-507-1 τί οὖν δή ¹⁰⁰⁶

mvp-comment-508-1 ἐστίβηται ¹⁰⁰⁷

mvp-comment-509-1 ἔχεις οὖν ¹⁰⁰⁸

mvp-comment-510-1 κοὐδὲν εἰς ὄψιν πλέον ¹⁰⁰⁹

mvp-comment-511-1 ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ μὲν δὴ ¹⁰¹⁰

mvp-comment-511-2 τὴν ἀφ’ ἡλίου βολῶν ¹⁰¹¹

mvp-comment-511-3 δηλοῖ ¹⁰¹² κέλευθον ¹⁰¹³

mvp-comment-512-1 τίς ἂν ¹⁰¹⁴ ἁλιαδᾶν ¹⁰¹⁵

mvp-comment-512-2 ἔχων … ἄγρας ¹⁰¹⁶

mvp-comment-512-3 ἀΰπνους ¹⁰¹⁷ ἀμφ’ ¹⁰¹⁸

mvp-comment-513-1 ἢ τίς Ὀλυμπιάδων θεᾶν ¹⁰¹⁹ θεᾶν ¹⁰²⁰ ποταμῶν ¹⁰²¹

mvp-comment-513-2 ῥυτῶν ¹⁰²²

mvp-comment-513-3 Βοσπορίων ¹⁰²³ ἴδρις ¹⁰²⁴ ποταμῶν ¹⁰²⁵

mvp-comment-514-1 εἴ ποθι … λεύσσων ¹⁰²⁶

mvp-comment-514-2 σχέτλια ¹⁰²⁷

mvp-comment-514-3 τὸν μακρῶν ἀλάταν πόνων ¹⁰²⁸ οὐρίῳ μὴ πελάσαι δρόμῳ ¹⁰²⁹

mvp-comment-515-1 ἀμενηνὸν ¹⁰³⁰ ὅπου ¹⁰³¹

mvp-comment-516-1 ἰώ μοί μοι ¹⁰³²

mvp-comment-517-1 τίνος βοὴ ¹⁰³³ πάραυλος ¹⁰³⁴

mvp-comment-518-1 ἰὼ τλήμων ¹⁰³⁵

mvp-comment-519-1 δουρίληπτον ¹⁰³⁶

mvp-comment-519-2 οἴκτῳ … συγκεκραμένην ¹⁰³⁷

mvp-comment-520-1 ᾤχωκα ¹⁰³⁸

mvp-comment-520-2 διαπεπόρθημαι ¹⁰³⁹

mvp-comment-521-1 τί δ’ ἔστιν ¹⁰⁴⁰

mvp-comment-522-1 ἡμῖν ¹⁰⁴¹

mvp-comment-522-2 ἀρτίως νεοσφαγὴς ¹⁰⁴²

mvp-comment-523-1 κρυφαίῳ ¹⁰⁴³

mvp-comment-523-2 φας‐ ¹⁰⁴⁴ γάνῳ περιπτυχής ¹⁰⁴⁵

mvp-comment-524-1 ὤμοι ¹⁰⁴⁶

mvp-comment-525-1 ὤμοι, κατέπεφνες, ἄναξ … τάλας ¹⁰⁴⁷ τάλας ¹⁰⁴⁸

mvp-comment-526-1 ὦ ταλαίφρων γύναι ¹⁰⁴⁹

mvp-comment-527-1 ὡς ὧδε τοῦδ’ ἔχοντος ¹⁰⁵⁰

mvp-comment-527-2 αἰάζειν ¹⁰⁵¹

mvp-comment-528-1 τίνος ποτ’ ἆρ’ ἔπραξε ¹⁰⁵² ἔπραξε ¹⁰⁵³ ἔρξε ¹⁰⁵⁴

mvp-comment-529-1 αὐτὸς πρὸς αὑτοῦ ¹⁰⁵⁵

mvp-comment-529-2 ἐν γάρ οἱ χθονί ¹⁰⁵⁶ οἱ … πηκτὸν ¹⁰⁵⁷

mvp-comment-529-3 κατηγορεῖ ¹⁰⁵⁸

mvp-comment-529-4 περιπετὲς ¹⁰⁵⁹

mvp-comment-530-1 οἶος ¹⁰⁶⁰

mvp-comment-530-2 ἄφρακτος ¹⁰⁶¹ φίλων ¹⁰⁶²

mvp-comment-531-1 κωφός ¹⁰⁶³

mvp-comment-532-1 δυστράπελος ¹⁰⁶⁴

mvp-comment-532-2 δυσώνυμος ¹⁰⁶⁵

mvp-comment-533-1 περιπτυχεῖ φάρει ¹⁰⁶⁶

mvp-comment-533-2 παμπήδην ¹⁰⁶⁷

mvp-comment-534-1 ὅστις καὶ φίλος ¹⁰⁶⁸

mvp-comment-535-1 φυσῶντ’ ἄνω πρὸς ῥῖνας ¹⁰⁶⁹

mvp-comment-535-2 μελανθὲν ¹⁰⁷⁰ οἰκείας σφαγῆς ¹⁰⁷¹

mvp-comment-536-1 βαστάσει ¹⁰⁷²

mvp-comment-537-1 ἀκμαἶ ἂν … μόλοι ¹⁰⁷³ ἀκμαῖος … μόλοι ¹⁰⁷⁴

mvp-comment-537-2 ἀκμαῖος, εἰ βαίη, μόλοι ¹⁰⁷⁵

mvp-comment-538-1 συγκαθαρμόσαι ¹⁰⁷⁶

mvp-comment-539-1 οἵως ἔχεις ¹⁰⁷⁷

mvp-comment-540-1 ὡς … ἄξιος ¹⁰⁷⁸ οἵως ἔχεις ¹⁰⁷⁹

mvp-comment-540-2 παρ’ ἐχθροῖς ¹⁰⁸⁰

mvp-comment-540-3 τυχεῖν ¹⁰⁸¹

mvp-comment-541-1 ἔμελλες ¹⁰⁸²

mvp-comment-542-1 στερεόφρων ¹⁰⁸³

mvp-comment-542-2 ἄῤ ¹⁰⁸⁴

mvp-comment-542-3 Erfurdt's insertion of ὧδ’ ¹⁰⁸⁵ ἐξανύσειν ¹⁰⁸⁶ οὐλίῳ ¹⁰⁸⁷

mvp-comment-543-1 τοῖα ¹⁰⁸⁸

mvp-comment-543-2 πάννυχα καὶ φαέθοντ’ ¹⁰⁸⁹

mvp-comment-544-1 ὠμόφρων ¹⁰⁹⁰

mvp-comment-544-2 ἐχθοδόπ’ ¹⁰⁹¹

mvp-comment-544-3 οὐλίῳ σὺν πάθει ¹⁰⁹²

mvp-comment-544-4 It is indeed possible to render οὐλίῳ σὺν πάθει ¹⁰⁹³

mvp-comment-545-1 μέγας ¹⁰⁹⁴ ἦν … ἄρχων ¹⁰⁹⁵

mvp-comment-546-1 ἦμος ¹⁰⁹⁶

mvp-comment-546-2 ἀριστόχειρ ἀγὼν ¹⁰⁹⁷

mvp-comment-546-3 ὅπλων ¹⁰⁹⁸ χρυσοδέτων ¹⁰⁹⁹

mvp-comment-546-4

is the classical pf. pass. of ( being used in a middle sense). Cp. 572 f. .. | (n.).

mvp-comment-547-1 ἧπαρ ¹¹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-547-2 γενναία ¹¹⁰¹

mvp-comment-548-1 καὶ δὶς ¹¹⁰² οἰμῶξαι ¹¹⁰³

mvp-comment-549-1 ἀποβλαφθεῖσαν … φίλου ¹¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-549-2 ἀρτίως ¹¹⁰⁵ ἀρτίου ¹¹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-550-1 δοκεῖν ¹¹⁰⁷ φρονεῖν ¹¹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-551-1 δουλείας ζυγά ¹¹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-551-2 οἷοι ¹¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-551-3 σκοποί ¹¹¹¹

mvp-comment-552-1 ὤμοι, ἀναλγήτων ¹¹¹² τῷδ’ ἄχει ¹¹¹³ ἀναλγήτων ¹¹¹⁴ ἄναυδ’ | ἔργ’ ¹¹¹⁵

mvp-comment-552-2 ἄχει ¹¹¹⁶

mvp-comment-553-1 οὐκ ἂν τάδ’ ἔστη ¹¹¹⁷ ἀλλ’ ἀπείργοι θεός ¹¹¹⁸

mvp-comment-553-2 τάδ’ … τῇδε ¹¹¹⁹

mvp-comment-553-3 ἔστη ¹¹²⁰

mvp-comment-553-4 μὴ θεῶν μέτα ¹¹²¹

mvp-comment-554-1 ἄγαν ὑπερβριθὲς ¹¹²² γὰρ ¹¹²³ γ’ ¹¹²⁴ ἄγαν ¹¹²⁵ ἄχθος ¹¹²⁶

mvp-comment-555-1 μέντοι ¹¹²⁷

mvp-comment-555-2 Ζηνὸς ἡ δεινὴ θεὸς ¹¹²⁸

mvp-comment-556-1 ἦ ῥα ¹¹²⁹

mvp-comment-556-2 ἐφυβρίζει ¹¹³⁰ κελαινώπαν θυμὸν ¹¹³¹

mvp-comment-556-3 The form

occurs only here, though Pind. P. 1. 7 has the fem., . In Pind. P. 4. 212 he uses ( ): and Blaydes here gives κελαινῶπ’ ἀν θυμὸν ¹¹³²

mvp-comment-556-4 Schneidewin strangely understands, ‘Odysseus mocks at the frenzy-darkened soul of Ajax.’ Hartung writes κελαινῶπ’ ἔνθυμον ¹¹³³

mvp-comment-557-1 πολύτλας ¹¹³⁴

mvp-comment-558-1 γελᾷ δὲ ¹¹³⁵ γελᾷ τε ¹¹³⁶ γελᾷ ¹¹³⁷

mvp-comment-558-2 τοῖσδε … ἄχεσιν ¹¹³⁸

mvp-comment-558-3 μαινομένοις ¹¹³⁹

mvp-comment-559-1 ξύν τε ¹¹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-560-1 οἱ δ’ οὖν ¹¹⁴¹

mvp-comment-560-2 κεἰ … μὴ ¹¹⁴²

mvp-comment-560-3 )πόθουν ¹¹⁴³

mvp-comment-560-4 ἐν χρείᾳ δορός ¹¹⁴⁴

mvp-comment-561-1 κακοὶ γνώμαισι ¹¹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-561-2 τἀγαθὸν χεροῖν ¹¹⁴⁶ τἀγάθ’ ἐν χεροῖν ¹¹⁴⁷

mvp-comment-561-3 πρίν τις ἐκβάλῃ ¹¹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-561-4 For the sentiment, cp. Mimnermus fr. 1 (in Nauck's Frag. Trag. 2nd ed., p. 829)

. Plaut. Capt. 1. 2. 39

Tum denique homines nostra intelligimus bona, | Quom quae in potestate habuimus ea amisimus.

C. 3. 24. 31

Virtutem incolumem odimus, | Sublatam ex oculis quaerimus invidi.

mvp-comment-562-1 Various theories of interpolation have been held with regard to this passage: see Appendix. Most of them are founded on the assumption that Tecmessa's former speech of ten lines (915—924) must be balanced by a speech of the same length here, and that therefore three of the thirteen verses (961— 973) must be struck out. (Nauck, who rejects 918 f., strikes out five verses here, 966—970.)

mvp-comment-562-2 As several objections arise from the alleged incoherence of the speech, it is well to observe the train of thought in 961—973.

mvp-comment-562-3 ‘Let them mock, if they will, at the fate of Ajax; they will perhaps find out, in time of need, what they have lost; foolish men never know their own good fortune till they have thrown it away (961—965). No, his death is no gain for them—though it is anguish for me: for him, it is the release which he desired (966—968). Why should they mock at him, then? They cannot even claim that his death was their work; it is the affair of the gods (969 f.). So Odysseus may exult, if he pleases, but it is an empty triumph. He and his friends have merely suffered a loss; Ajax is gone, —and has left nothing behind him but the sorrow which is mine’ (971—973).

mvp-comment-562-4 ἐμοὶ πικρὸς ¹¹⁴⁹ ἢ ¹¹⁵⁰ ᾗ, εἰ, ὡς, καὶ ¹¹⁵¹ γλυκύς ¹¹⁵²

mvp-comment-562-5 θάνατον ¹¹⁵³ ὧν ¹¹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-563-1 ἐπεγγελῷεν ¹¹⁵⁵ κάτα ¹¹⁵⁶ ἐγγελῷεν ¹¹⁵⁷ τοῦδ’ ¹¹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-564-1 θεοῖς ¹¹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-565-1 πρὸς ταῦτ’ ¹¹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-565-2 ἐν κενοῖς ¹¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-565-3 972 f. There is no stress on αὐτοῖς ¹¹⁶²

mvp-comment-566-1 ἄτης … ἐπίσκοπον ¹¹⁶³

mvp-comment-566-2 μέλος ¹¹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-567-1 ξύναιμον ὄμμ’ ¹¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-568-1 ἠμπόληκας ¹¹⁶⁶ ἠμπόληκά ς’ ¹¹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-569-1 ὤμοι ¹¹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-570-1 ὡς ὧδ’ ἐχόντων ¹¹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-571-1 περισπερχὲς ¹¹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-572-1 τί γὰρ ¹¹⁷¹ ποῦ … κυρεῖ ¹¹⁷²

mvp-comment-572-2 μοι ¹¹⁷³

mvp-comment-573-1 μόνος ¹¹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-573-2 δῆτ’ αὐτὸν ἄξεις ¹¹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-573-3 κενῆς ¹¹⁷⁶ κενῆς ¹¹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-574-1 ἐγκόνει ¹¹⁷⁸ σύγκαμνε ¹¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-574-2 κειμένοις ¹¹⁸⁰ θανοῦσι ¹¹⁸¹ θανοῦσι ¹¹⁸²

mvp-comment-575-1 καὶ μὴν ¹¹⁸³

mvp-comment-575-2 τοῦδε ¹¹⁸⁴ μέλειν ¹¹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-575-3 ὥσπερ οὖν ¹¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-576-1 ἁπάντων δὴ ¹¹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-576-2 θεαμάτων … προσεῖδον ὀφθαλμοῖς ¹¹⁸⁸

mvp-comment-577-1 ὁδός θ’ ὁδῶν πασῶν ¹¹⁸⁹ ὁδῶν θ’ ἁπασῶν ὁδὸς ἀνιάσασα δή ¹¹⁹⁰ πασῶν ¹¹⁹¹

mvp-comment-577-2 ἀνιάσασα δή ¹¹⁹²

mvp-comment-577-3

emphasises the pron., as in 1029, 1043, 1045, and often.

mvp-comment-578-1 ὡς ἐπῃσθόμην ¹¹⁹³

mvp-comment-578-2 διώκων ¹¹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-578-3 κἀξιχνοσκοπούμενος ¹¹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-579-1 βάξις ¹¹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-579-2 σου ¹¹⁹⁷ θεοῦ ¹¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-579-3 διῆλθ’ Ἀχαιοὺς ¹¹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-579-4 In sending this

to Teucer, Zeus illustrates his attribute of ( Il. 8. 250 ).

mvp-comment-580-1 δύστηνος ¹²⁰⁰ δείλαιος ¹²⁰¹ ἐκποδὼν μὲν ὢν ¹²⁰² νῦν δ’ ὁρῶν ¹²⁰³

mvp-comment-580-2 ὑπεστέναζον ¹²⁰⁴

mvp-comment-581-1 ἴθ’, ἐκκάλυψον ¹²⁰⁵

mvp-comment-582-1 ὄμμα ¹²⁰⁶ τόλμης πικρᾶς ¹²⁰⁷

mvp-comment-582-2 Eustathius (p. 409, 46), whom some critics follow, takes the gen. as depending on ὦ ¹²⁰⁸ καὶ ¹²⁰⁹

mvp-comment-582-3 1006 f. For the dat. μοι ¹²¹⁰

mvp-comment-582-4 1008 The ironical ἦ που ¹²¹¹ ἴσως ¹²¹² ἴσως ¹²¹³ ἰδὼν ¹²¹⁴ ἐμός θ’ ἅμα ¹²¹⁵

mvp-comment-583-1 πῶς γὰρ οὔχ ¹²¹⁶

mvp-comment-583-2 ὅτῳ πάρα ¹²¹⁷ γελᾶν ¹²¹⁸

mvp-comment-583-3 The v.l. ἵλεων ¹²¹⁹ ἥδιον ¹²²⁰

mvp-comment-584-1 τί κρύψει ¹²²¹

mvp-comment-584-2 ποῖον οὐκ ἐρεῖ κακὸν ¹²²² ἐκ δορὸς γεγῶτα πολεμίου ¹²²³

mvp-comment-585-1 κακανδρίᾳ ¹²²⁴ σέ, φίλτατ’ Αἴας ¹²²⁵

mvp-comment-585-2 τὰ σὰ … θανόντος ¹²²⁶

mvp-comment-585-3 κράτη ¹²²⁷ δόμους ¹²²⁸

mvp-comment-586-1 δύσοργος ¹²²⁹ ἐν γήρᾳ βαρύς ¹²³⁰

mvp-comment-586-2 πρὸς οὐδὲν ¹²³¹

mvp-comment-586-3 εἰς ἔριν θυμούμενος ¹²³²

mvp-comment-586-4 1019 Join ἀπωστὸς ¹²³³ γῆς ¹²³⁴

mvp-comment-586-5 ἀπορριφθήσομαι ¹²³⁵

mvp-comment-586-6 In the Teucer of Pacuvius, fr. 19 (ed. Ribbeck), Telamon says to Teucer, Te repudio nec recipio: naturam abdico: facesse , i. Pacuvius probably used the lost

of Sophocles, which dealt with the hero's expulsion from Salamis by Telamon. The reference to the subject here may be compared with that in the O. C.(1410) to the theme of the Antigone, and with the allusion in the Philoctetes (1437) to the theme of the poet's lost play, ‘Philoctetes at Troy.’

mvp-comment-587-1 δοῦλος λόγοισιν … φανείς ¹²³⁶ λόγοισιν ¹²³⁷ ἀντ’ ἐλευθέρου ¹²³⁸

mvp-comment-588-1 παῦρα ¹²³⁹

mvp-comment-589-1 ηὑρόμην ¹²⁴⁰

mvp-comment-590-1 τοῦδ’ αἰόλου κνώδοντος ¹²⁴¹

mvp-comment-590-2 Lycophron borrows the word

from this passage, in alluding to the suicide of Ajax (464): .—For the ἄρα ¹²⁴² φονέως ¹²⁴³

mvp-comment-590-3 εἶδες ¹²⁴⁴

mvp-comment-591-1 καὶ θανὼν ἀποφθίσειν ¹²⁴⁵

mvp-comment-591-2 1028—

mvp-comment-592-1 σκέψασθε … κἀγὼ τάδε ¹²⁴⁶

mvp-comment-593-1 ᾧ δὴ τοῦδ’ ἐδωρήθη πάρα ¹²⁴⁷ ᾧ δὴ ¹²⁴⁸

mvp-comment-594-1 πρισθεὶς … ἐξ ἀντύγων ¹²⁴⁹

mvp-comment-594-2 Thus

is forcibly used here to describe the fatal grip of the girdle, from which Hector could not escape. I do not think that the word was meant also to suggest that the girdle cut into his flesh.—Paley is surely mistaken in explaining as ‘ lacerated by means of the girdle’: could not bear that sense, which is expressed in the next verse by .

mvp-comment-594-3 ἀντύγων ¹²⁵⁰ ἱππικῶν ¹²⁵¹

mvp-comment-595-1 ἐκνάπτετ’ ¹²⁵²

mvp-comment-595-2 ἔστ’ ἀπέψυξεν βίον ¹²⁵³

mvp-comment-595-3 As a matter of verbal criticism, it might be observed that

and confirm each other. But the defence of the text rests on broader ground. Evidently we must either reject the whole passage 1028 —1039, as Morstadt and Nauck do, or else leave this verse unaltered. For the parallel between the sword and the girdle, as fatal to their respective recipients, would fail altogether, if the girdle had not been an agent of death to Hector, but merely of insult to his corpse. It is not known whence Sophocles derived this version, which so strangely mars the very climax of the Iliad; possibly from one of the two Cyclic epics, the Aethiopis of Arctînus or the Little Iliad of Lesches, which related the (see Introd. §§ 2, 3). One thing, at least, seems hardly doubtful. The original motive of this version must have been the same which prompts its use by Sophocles here, —viz., to point the fatal character of Hector's gift to Ajax by connecting a like result with the gift of Ajax to Hector. Two epigrams, attributed to Leontius Scholasticus ( circ. 550 A.D. ), turn on the same legend ( Anthol. 7. 151, 152): see Appendix.

mvp-comment-596-1 δωρεὰν ἔχων ¹²⁵⁴

mvp-comment-597-1 πρὸς τοῦδ’ ¹²⁵⁵ τοῦ κνώδοντος ¹²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-598-1 Ἐρινὺς … ἐχάλκευσε ¹²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-598-2

. From a verb of more general sense, such as , is to be supplied: cp. Her. 4. 106 : see also n. on El. 435 . —Some critics think that might be said of the no less than of the , because a girdle was often adorned with metal-work (see, e.g., Il. 11. 236 ). This seems a little forced.

mvp-comment-598-3 δημιουργὸς ¹²⁵⁸

mvp-comment-599-1 ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ¹²⁵⁹ μηχανᾶν ¹²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-600-1 ἐν γνώμῃ φίλα ¹²⁶¹

mvp-comment-600-2 κεῖνός τ’ ἐκεῖνα ¹²⁶²

mvp-comment-601-1 μὴ τεῖνε μακράν ¹²⁶³

mvp-comment-602-1 κακοῖς γελῶν ¹²⁶⁴

mvp-comment-602-2 ἃ δὴ ¹²⁶⁵

mvp-comment-603-1 τίς δ’ ἐστὶν ὅντιν’ ἄνδρα ¹²⁶⁶

mvp-comment-604-1 ᾧ δὴ ¹²⁶⁷

mvp-comment-604-2 πλοῦν ἐστείλαμεν ¹²⁶⁸

mvp-comment-605-1 μαθεῖν οὐ δυσπετής ¹²⁶⁹

mvp-comment-606-1 οὗτος, σὲ φωνῶ ¹²⁷⁰

mvp-comment-606-2 νεκρὸν … συγκομίζειν ¹²⁷¹

mvp-comment-607-1 ἀνήλωσας ¹²⁷²

mvp-comment-607-2 The slow movement of the verse (with only quasi-caesura after the 3rd foot) is intended to mark haughty surprise. Cp. Ant. 44

mvp-comment-608-1 δοκοῦντ’ ἐμοί ¹²⁷³

mvp-comment-608-2 δοκοῦντα δ’ ¹²⁷⁴ ὃς κραίνει στρατοῦ ¹²⁷⁵

mvp-comment-609-1 προθείς ¹²⁷⁶

mvp-comment-610-1 ἐλπίσαντες … ἄγειν ¹²⁷⁷

mvp-comment-611-1 ζητοῦντες ¹²⁷⁸

mvp-comment-611-2 Φρυγῶν ¹²⁷⁹ Τρώων ¹²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-612-1 στρατῷ ξύμπαντι ¹²⁸¹

mvp-comment-613-1 δορί ¹²⁸²

mvp-comment-614-1 θεῶν τις ¹²⁸³

mvp-comment-614-2 ἔσβεσεν ¹²⁸⁴

mvp-comment-615-1 τήνδ’ … τύχην ¹²⁸⁵ θανόντες ¹²⁸⁶ ἣν ὅδ’ εἴληχεν τύχην ¹²⁸⁷ τήνδ’ ¹²⁸⁸ λαχόντες ¹²⁸⁹

mvp-comment-615-2 προὐκείμεθ’ ¹²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-615-3 αἰσχίστῳ ¹²⁹¹ ἐχθίστῳ ¹²⁹² ἀθλίῳ ¹²⁹³

mvp-comment-616-1 ἐνήλλαξεν ¹²⁹⁴

mvp-comment-616-2 μῆλα καὶ ποίμνας ¹²⁹⁵

mvp-comment-616-3 1062 f. The acc. αὐτὸν ¹²⁹⁶ σῶμα ¹²⁹⁷

mvp-comment-616-4 τυμβεῦσαι τάφῳ ¹²⁹⁸

mvp-comment-617-1 ἀμφὶ … ψάμαθον ¹²⁹⁹

mvp-comment-617-2 χλωρὰν ¹³⁰⁰

mvp-comment-617-3 λευρὰν ¹³⁰¹

mvp-comment-618-1 ὄρνισι ¹³⁰²

mvp-comment-619-1 πρὸς ταῦτα ¹³⁰³

mvp-comment-619-2 ἐξάρῃς ¹³⁰⁴

mvp-comment-620-1 εἰ … μὴ )δυνήθημεν ¹³⁰⁵

mvp-comment-621-1 χερσὶν παρευθύνοντες ¹³⁰⁶ χερσὶν ¹³⁰⁷ ὅπου ¹³⁰⁸

mvp-comment-622-1 κακοῦ πρὸς ἀνδρὸς ¹³⁰⁹

mvp-comment-622-2 ἄνδρα ¹³¹⁰ ὄντα ¹³¹¹

mvp-comment-623-1 καλῶς φέροιντ’ ἄν ¹³¹²

mvp-comment-623-2 ἔνθα μὴ ¹³¹³

mvp-comment-624-1 φόβου πρόβλημα ¹³¹⁴

mvp-comment-624-2 αἰδοῦς ¹³¹⁵

mvp-comment-625-1 κἂν σῶμα γεννήσῃ μέγα ¹³¹⁶

mvp-comment-625-2 κἂν ἀπὸ σμ. κακοῦ ¹³¹⁷ κἂν ¹³¹⁸ ἀπὸ ¹³¹⁹

mvp-comment-626-1 πρόσεστιν ¹³²⁰

mvp-comment-626-2 αἰσχύνη ¹³²¹

mvp-comment-627-1 ὅπου … παρῇ ¹³²²

mvp-comment-627-2 βούλεται ¹³²³

mvp-comment-628-1 νόμιζε ¹³²⁴ χρόνῳ ποτὲ … πεσεῖν ¹³²⁵ ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν ¹³²⁶ ποτ’ ἂν ¹³²⁷

mvp-comment-628-2 ἐξ οὐρίων ¹³²⁸

mvp-comment-629-1 ἑστάτω ¹³²⁹

mvp-comment-629-2 μοι ¹³³⁰

mvp-comment-629-3 καὶ δέος ¹³³¹ καίριον ¹³³²

mvp-comment-630-1 ἃν ἡδώμεθα ¹³³³

mvp-comment-630-2 οὐκ ἀντιτείσειν ¹³³⁴ ἃν λυπώμεθα ¹³³⁵

mvp-comment-631-1 παραλλὰξ ¹³³⁶ αἴθων ¹³³⁷

mvp-comment-632-1 ὅπως | μὴ ¹³³⁸

mvp-comment-633-1 εἰς ταφὰς πέσῃς ¹³³⁹

mvp-comment-634-1 ὑποστήσας ¹³⁴⁰

mvp-comment-634-2 ἐν θανοῦσιν ¹³⁴¹

mvp-comment-634-3 The dramatic function of a Chorus required that these Salaminian sailors, while loyal to Ajax, should recognise the sound elements in the speech which they have heard. Menelaüs has rightly condemned the

which defies human laws. But his own menaces the laws of the gods.

mvp-comment-635-1 ἄνδρες ¹³⁴²

mvp-comment-636-1 μηδὲν ὢν γοναῖσιν ¹³⁴³

mvp-comment-637-1 τοιαῦθ’ ἁμαρτάνουσιν … ἔπη ¹³⁴⁴

mvp-comment-638-1 ἄγειν ¹³⁴⁵ λαβών ¹³⁴⁶

mvp-comment-639-1 αὐτὸς ¹³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-640-1 ποῦ ¹³⁴⁸

mvp-comment-640-2 λεῶν ¹³⁴⁹

mvp-comment-641-1 ἤγαγ’ ¹³⁵⁰ ἡγεῖτ’ ¹³⁵¹ ὧν ¹³⁵² ἦγεν ¹³⁵³ ἤγετ’ ¹³⁵⁴

mvp-comment-642-1 οὐδ’ ἔσθ’ ὅπου ¹³⁵⁵ τόνδε κοσμῆσαι ¹³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-642-2 ἀρχῆς … θεσμὸς ¹³⁵⁷ ἔκειτο ¹³⁵⁸

mvp-comment-642-3 ἢ καὶ τῷδε σέ ¹³⁵⁹

mvp-comment-643-1 ὅλων ¹³⁶⁰ σύμπαντες ¹³⁶¹

mvp-comment-643-2 Apart from the difficulty as to

, there is absolutely no ground for rejecting verses 1105 f., as Schneidewin and other critics have done.

mvp-comment-644-1 ὧνπερ ἄρχεις αρχε ¹³⁶²

mvp-comment-644-2 τὰ σέμν’ ἔπη κόλαζ’ ἐκείνους ¹³⁶³

mvp-comment-644-3 εἴτε μὴ σὺ φής, εἴθ’ ἅτερος στρ ¹³⁶⁴

mvp-comment-644-4 εἰς ταφὰς θήσω ¹³⁶⁵

mvp-comment-644-5 στόμα ¹³⁶⁶

mvp-comment-645-1 οἱ πόνου πολλοῦ πλέῳ ¹³⁶⁷

mvp-comment-645-2 Assuredly

does not mean ‘busybodies,’ , as some have taken it,—supposing it to be said scornfully of tributary to Menelaüs and eager to display their zeal.

mvp-comment-646-1 ὅρκων ¹³⁶⁸

mvp-comment-647-1 σοῦ δ’ οὐδὲν ¹³⁶⁹

mvp-comment-647-2 τοὺς μηδένας ¹³⁷⁰

mvp-comment-648-1 κήρυκας ¹³⁷¹

mvp-comment-649-1 ψόφου … στραφείην ¹³⁷²

mvp-comment-649-2 ἕως ¹³⁷³ ὡς ¹³⁷⁴ ὡς ἂν ᾖς ¹³⁷⁵

mvp-comment-650-1 οὐδ’ αὖ ¹³⁷⁶

mvp-comment-650-2 ἐν κακοῖς ¹³⁷⁷

mvp-comment-651-1 ὁ τοξότης ¹³⁷⁸

mvp-comment-652-1 βάναυσον ¹³⁷⁹

mvp-comment-653-1 ἀσπίδ’ ¹³⁸⁰

mvp-comment-654-1 ψιλὸς … ὡπλισμένῳ ¹³⁸¹

mvp-comment-655-1 τρέφει ¹³⁸²

mvp-comment-656-1 ξὺν τῷ δικαίῳ ¹³⁸³

mvp-comment-657-1 δίκαια ¹³⁸⁴

mvp-comment-657-2 κτείναντα ¹³⁸⁵

mvp-comment-658-1 δεινόν γ’ εἶπας ¹³⁸⁶

mvp-comment-658-2 εἰ καὶ ζῇς ¹³⁸⁷

mvp-comment-659-1 τῷδε δ’ οἴχομαι ¹³⁸⁸

mvp-comment-660-1 ἀτίμα ¹³⁸⁹

mvp-comment-660-2 θεοὺς ¹³⁹⁰

mvp-comment-660-3 θεοῖς σεσωσμένος ¹³⁹¹

mvp-comment-661-1 ἐγὼ γὰρ ἂν ψέξαιμι ¹³⁹² δαιμόνων νόμους ¹³⁹³

mvp-comment-661-2 εἰ … οὐκ ἐᾷς ¹³⁹⁴

mvp-comment-661-3 παρών ¹³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-662-1 τούς γ’ αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ ¹³⁹⁶ αὐτοῦ ¹³⁹⁷ οὐ γὰρ καλόν ¹³⁹⁸

mvp-comment-663-1 σοὶ … προὔστη ¹³⁹⁹

mvp-comment-664-1 μισοῦντ’ ἐμίσει ¹⁴⁰⁰

mvp-comment-665-1 ψηφοποιὸς ¹⁴⁰¹

mvp-comment-665-2 The gen. αὐτοῦ ¹⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-666-1 ἐν τοῖς δικασταῖς ¹⁴⁰³

mvp-comment-667-1 καλῶς ¹⁴⁰⁴ κακῶς ¹⁴⁰⁵

mvp-comment-667-2 κλέψειας κακά ¹⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-668-1 εἰς ἀνίαν … ἔρχεται ¹⁴⁰⁷ τινί ¹⁴⁰⁸ ἔρχεται τινί ¹⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-669-1 οὐ μᾶλλον ¹⁴¹⁰

mvp-comment-670-1 τόνδ’ ἐστὶν οὐχὶ θαπτέον ¹⁴¹¹

mvp-comment-671-1 ἀλλ’ ἀντακούσει τοῦτον ὡς ¹⁴¹² τοῦθ’ ἕν ¹⁴¹³

mvp-comment-671-2 τεθάψεται ¹⁴¹⁴

mvp-comment-672-1 ναύτας ἐφορμήσαντα … τὸ | πλεῖν ¹⁴¹⁵ vαύταις ¹⁴¹⁶ ναύτας ¹⁴¹⁷

mvp-comment-673-1 ᾧ φθέγμ’ ἂν οὐκ ἂν ηὗρες ¹⁴¹⁸ ἄν ¹⁴¹⁹ ᾧ ¹⁴²⁰

mvp-comment-673-2 ἐν κακῷ χειμῶνος ¹⁴²¹

mvp-comment-673-3 εἴχετ’ ¹⁴²²

mvp-comment-673-4 ὑφ’ εἵματος ¹⁴²³

mvp-comment-673-5 κρυφείς ¹⁴²⁴

mvp-comment-674-1 πατεῖν παρεῖχε ¹⁴²⁵

mvp-comment-675-1 καὶ δὲ καὶ τὸ σὸν … στόμα ¹⁴²⁶

mvp-comment-675-2 λάβρον στόμα ¹⁴²⁷

mvp-comment-675-3 σμικροῦ νέφους … ἐκπνεύσας ¹⁴²⁸

mvp-comment-676-1 τὴν … βοήν ¹⁴²⁹

mvp-comment-677-1 ἐν κακοῖς ὕβριζε ¹⁴³⁰

mvp-comment-678-1 κᾆτ’ ¹⁴³¹

mvp-comment-679-1 ὀργήν ¹⁴³²

mvp-comment-680-1 ποήσεις ¹⁴³³

mvp-comment-680-2 πημανούμενος ¹⁴³⁴

mvp-comment-681-1 ἄνολβον ¹⁴³⁵

mvp-comment-681-2 παρών ¹⁴³⁶

mvp-comment-682-1 μῶν ᾐνιξάμην ¹⁴³⁷

mvp-comment-683-1 πάρα ¹⁴³⁸

mvp-comment-683-2 1163 The anapaests serve not only to mark the exit of Menelaüs, but also to afford a pause before the entrance of Tecmessa at 1168. For their bearing on the date of the play, see Introd. § 21.— ἔριδός τις ἀγών ¹⁴³⁹

mvp-comment-684-1 κάπετον ¹⁴⁴⁰

mvp-comment-684-2 ἰδεῖν ¹⁴⁴¹

mvp-comment-685-1 βροτοῖς τὸν ἀείμνηστον ¹⁴⁴²

mvp-comment-685-2 εὐρώεντα ¹⁴⁴³

mvp-comment-685-3 The legendary tomb of Ajax was shown on the coast of the Troad near Cape Rhoeteum; Strabo 13. p. 595

. Alexander the Great, on landing in the Troad, offered at the tomb of Ajax as well as at that of Achilles ( Diod. 17. 17 ). There were legends of gigantic bones having been found in the tomb ( Paus. 1. 35. 5 ).

mvp-comment-686-1 καὶ μὴν ¹⁴⁴⁴

mvp-comment-686-2 ἐς αὐτὸν καιρὸν ¹⁴⁴⁵ πλησίον ¹⁴⁴⁶

mvp-comment-686-3 Tecmessa had left the scene after v. 989, in order to bring the child Eurysaces from the tent, where he had been left when she set forth in search of Ajax (810). The part of Tecmessa is now taken by a mute person, as the deuteragonist has presently to resume the part of Odysseus (1318).

mvp-comment-686-4 τάφον περιστελοῦντε ¹⁴⁴⁷ περιστελοῦντι ¹⁴⁴⁸

mvp-comment-687-1 ἱκέτης ¹⁴⁴⁹

mvp-comment-687-2 While the child knelt as a suppliant by the body, with his hand upon it, the corpse could not be forcibly removed without offence to Zeus

. Teucer is about to go and seek a place for the grave (1184), and he desires to secure that the body shall not be disturbed during his absence.

mvp-comment-687-3 ὅς σ’ ἐγείνατο ¹⁴⁵⁰

mvp-comment-688-1 θάκει δὲ προστρόπαιος ¹⁴⁵¹

mvp-comment-688-2 κόμας ¹⁴⁵²

mvp-comment-688-3 τρίτου ¹⁴⁵³

mvp-comment-689-1 ἱκτήριον θησαυρόν ¹⁴⁵⁴

mvp-comment-690-1 κακὸς κακῶς ¹⁴⁵⁵

mvp-comment-690-2 ἄθαπτος ἐκπέσοι χθονός ¹⁴⁵⁶

mvp-comment-690-3 ἐκπέσοι ¹⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-691-1 γένους ἅπαντος ¹⁴⁵⁸

mvp-comment-691-2 ῥίζαν ἐξημημένος ¹⁴⁵⁹

mvp-comment-692-1 αὔτως ¹⁴⁶⁰

mvp-comment-692-2 ὅπωσπερ τόνδ’ ἐγὼ τέμνω πλόκον ¹⁴⁶¹

mvp-comment-693-1 κινησάτω ¹⁴⁶² προσπεσὼν ¹⁴⁶³ ἔχου ¹⁴⁶⁴

mvp-comment-694-1 ὑμεῖς τε ¹⁴⁶⁵ δὲ ¹⁴⁶⁶ τε ¹⁴⁶⁷

mvp-comment-694-2 ἀντ’ ἀνδρῶν ¹⁴⁶⁸

mvp-comment-695-1 ἔστ’ ¹⁴⁶⁹

mvp-comment-695-2 τάφου μεληθεὶς ¹⁴⁷⁰

mvp-comment-695-3 κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷ ¹⁴⁷¹

mvp-comment-696-1 νέατος ¹⁴⁷² νέατος ¹⁴⁷³

mvp-comment-696-2 πολυπλάγκτων ¹⁴⁷⁴

mvp-comment-697-1 τὰν ἄπαυστον ¹⁴⁷⁵

mvp-comment-698-1 δορυσσοήτων ¹⁴⁷⁶ δορυσσόων ¹⁴⁷⁷ δορυσσῶν ¹⁴⁷⁸

mvp-comment-699-1 ἀν τὰν εὐρώδεα Τρωΐαν ¹⁴⁷⁹ ἀν ¹⁴⁸⁰

mvp-comment-700-1 δύστανον ὄνειδος Ἑλλάνων ¹⁴⁸¹

mvp-comment-701-1 ὄφελε ¹⁴⁸²

mvp-comment-701-2 αἰθέρα δῦναι μέγαν ¹⁴⁸³

mvp-comment-701-3 πολύκοινον Ἅιδαν ¹⁴⁸⁴

mvp-comment-702-1 κεῖνος ἁνὴρ ¹⁴⁸⁵

mvp-comment-702-2 ἔδειξεν ¹⁴⁸⁶

mvp-comment-702-3 κοινὸν Ἄρη ¹⁴⁸⁷

mvp-comment-703-1 ἰὼ πόνοι πρόγονοι πόνων ¹⁴⁸⁸

mvp-comment-704-1 οὔτε στεφάνων ¹⁴⁸⁹

mvp-comment-704-2 στεφάνων ¹⁴⁹⁰

mvp-comment-705-1 βαθειᾶν ¹⁴⁹¹

mvp-comment-705-2 κυλίκων ¹⁴⁹²

mvp-comment-706-1 νεῖμεν ¹⁴⁹³ τέρψιν ¹⁴⁹⁴ ὁμιλεῖν ¹⁴⁹⁵

mvp-comment-707-1 αὐλῶν ¹⁴⁹⁶

mvp-comment-707-2 ὄτοβον ¹⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-708-1 δύσμορος ¹⁴⁹⁸

mvp-comment-708-2 ἐννυχίαν τέρψιν ἰαύειν ¹⁴⁹⁹

mvp-comment-708-3 Remark the repetition of τέρψιν ¹⁵⁰⁰

mvp-comment-709-1 ἐρώτων δ’, ἐρώτων ¹⁵⁰¹

mvp-comment-710-1 ἀμέριμνος ¹⁵⁰²

mvp-comment-710-2 οὕτως ¹⁵⁰³

mvp-comment-711-1 δρόσοις ¹⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-712-1 μνήματα ¹⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-713-1 αἰὲν νυχίου ¹⁵⁰⁶ προβολὰ ¹⁵⁰⁷

mvp-comment-714-1 ἀνεῖται στυγερῷ δαίμονι ¹⁵⁰⁸

mvp-comment-715-1 ἐπέσται ¹⁵⁰⁹

mvp-comment-716-1 γενοίμαν ¹⁵¹⁰

mvp-comment-716-2 ὑλᾶεν ¹⁵¹¹

mvp-comment-716-3 ἔπεστι πόντου | πρόβλημ’ ¹⁵¹² ἔπεστι ¹⁵¹³

mvp-comment-717-1 ὑπὸ πλάκα Σουνίου ¹⁵¹⁴

mvp-comment-718-1 τὰς ἱερὰς ¹⁵¹⁵

mvp-comment-718-2 ὅπως … προσείποιμεν ¹⁵¹⁶

mvp-comment-718-3 Pausanias says (1. 28. 2), referring to the colossal Athena Promachos on the Acropolis,

. As Leake observed ( Demi I. p. 631), Cape Zoster, some miles N.W. of Sunium, is the first point on the Attic coast from which a voyager could possibly have caught a glimpse of the spear-point and crest.

mvp-comment-719-1 καὶ μὴν ¹⁵¹⁷

mvp-comment-719-2 ἡμῖν ¹⁵¹⁸ δῆλος ¹⁵¹⁹

mvp-comment-719-3 μοὐστὶ ¹⁵²⁰

mvp-comment-719-4 σκαιὸν … στόμα ¹⁵²¹

mvp-comment-719-5 ἐκλύσων ¹⁵²²

mvp-comment-720-1 σὲ δὴ ¹⁵²³

mvp-comment-720-2 τὰ δεινὰ ῥήματ’ ¹⁵²⁴

mvp-comment-720-3 ἀνοιμωκτὶ ¹⁵²⁵ ι ¹⁵²⁶ ει ¹⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-720-4 χανεῖν ῥήματα ¹⁵²⁸

mvp-comment-721-1 σέ τοι ¹⁵²⁹

mvp-comment-721-2 τὸν ἐκ τῆς ¹⁵³⁰

mvp-comment-722-1 τραφεὶς ¹⁵³¹

mvp-comment-722-2 ὑψήλ’ ἐφώνεις ¹⁵³²

mvp-comment-722-3 κἀπ’ ἄκρων ὡδοιπόρεις ¹⁵³³

mvp-comment-723-1 ὅτε ¹⁵³⁴

mvp-comment-723-2 οὐδὲν ὢν ¹⁵³⁵ τοῦ μηδὲν … ὕπερ ¹⁵³⁶

mvp-comment-724-1 κοὔτε στρατηγοὺς ¹⁵³⁷

mvp-comment-724-2 οὔτε ναυάρχους ¹⁵³⁸

mvp-comment-724-3 Ἀχαιῶν οὔτε σοῦ ¹⁵³⁹

mvp-comment-724-4 διωμόσω ¹⁵⁴⁰

mvp-comment-725-1 αὐτὸς ἄρχων … ἔπλει ¹⁵⁴¹

mvp-comment-726-1 δούλων ¹⁵⁴²

mvp-comment-727-1 ποίου κέκραγας ἀνδρὸς ¹⁵⁴³

mvp-comment-728-1 ποῖ βάντος ¹⁵⁴⁴

mvp-comment-729-1 ἄνδρες ¹⁵⁴⁵

mvp-comment-730-1 πικροὺς ¹⁵⁴⁶

mvp-comment-730-2 ἔοιγμεν ¹⁵⁴⁷

mvp-comment-730-3 ὅπλων ἀγῶνας ¹⁵⁴⁸

mvp-comment-730-4 τότε ¹⁵⁴⁹

mvp-comment-731-1 πανταχοῦ ¹⁵⁵⁰

mvp-comment-731-2 ἐκ Τεύκρου ¹⁵⁵¹

mvp-comment-732-1 κοὐκ ἀρκέσει ¹⁵⁵² εἰ ¹⁵⁵³

mvp-comment-733-1 εἴκειν ἃ … ἤρεσκεν ¹⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-734-1 κακοῖς βαλεῖτε ¹⁵⁵⁵

mvp-comment-734-2 σὺν δόλῳ ¹⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-734-3 κεντήσεθ’ ¹⁵⁵⁷

mvp-comment-734-4 οἱ λελειμμένοι ¹⁵⁵⁸

mvp-comment-735-1 ἐκ τῶνδε … τῶν τρόπων ¹⁵⁵⁹

mvp-comment-735-2 κατάστασις ¹⁵⁶⁰

mvp-comment-736-1 τοὺς … νικῶντας ¹⁵⁶¹

mvp-comment-736-2 ἐξωθήσομεν ¹⁵⁶²

mvp-comment-736-3 τοὺς ὄπισθεν ¹⁵⁶³

mvp-comment-737-1 εἰρκτέον τάδ’ ¹⁵⁶⁴ πλατεῖς ¹⁵⁶⁵ εὐρύνωτοι ¹⁵⁶⁶

mvp-comment-738-1 οἱ φρονοῦντες εὖ ¹⁵⁶⁷

mvp-comment-739-1 ὑπὸ … πορεύεται ¹⁵⁶⁸

mvp-comment-739-2 σμικρᾶς ¹⁵⁶⁹

mvp-comment-739-3 ὀρθὸς ¹⁵⁷⁰

mvp-comment-740-1 φάρμακον ¹⁵⁷¹

mvp-comment-740-2 νοῦν κατακτήσει ¹⁵⁷² τινά ¹⁵⁷³

mvp-comment-741-1 ἀνδρὸς οὐκέτ’ ὄντος ¹⁵⁷⁴ ὑβρίζεις ¹⁵⁷⁵

mvp-comment-741-2 σκιᾶς ¹⁵⁷⁶

mvp-comment-742-1 οὐ σωφρονήσεις ¹⁵⁷⁷

mvp-comment-742-2 μαθὼν ὃς εἶ φύσιν ¹⁵⁷⁸

mvp-comment-743-1 ἄλλον τιν’ … ἐλεύθερον ¹⁵⁷⁹

mvp-comment-744-1 ἀντὶ σοῦ λέξει τὰ σά ¹⁵⁸⁰

mvp-comment-745-1 σοῦ … λέγοντος ¹⁵⁸¹ μάθοιμ’ ¹⁵⁸² οὐκέτ’ ¹⁵⁸³

mvp-comment-746-1 βάρβαρον ¹⁵⁸⁴

mvp-comment-746-2 ἐπαΐω ¹⁵⁸⁵

mvp-comment-747-1 φράσαι ¹⁵⁸⁶